Citibank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Bank of East Asia are among the most aggressive players.
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They were received by depositors at the Bank of East Asia, Hong Kong's largest locally owned lender.
Armed with fresh capital, its attention now will turn to eastern Europe, America and Asia, where it took a small stake last month in Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia.
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Banker-legislator David Li Kwok Po, chief executive of Hong Kong's third-ranked Bank of East Asia (No. 154 in the 500), breaks no news when he expounds on BEA's success formula: generating confidence, providing strong service and building relationships.
Mr Li heads the largest locally owned financial institution, the Bank of East Asia, led the election campaign for the territory's current chief executive and has better access to powerbrokers in the legislative chamber than almost any other businessman.
One study by Australia's central bank calculated that a third of East Asia's GDP growth in 1965-90 came from its favourable demography.
The bank is working to convince some of East Asia's wealthier countries like Singapore to become donors for the first time.
Ruben Canlas, Web Information Systems Consultant at the Asian Development Bank, Belina Capul, President of the South East Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA) and Ray Edmonson, Director of Archive Associates, Australia and a UNESCO Memory of the World Committee Member.
The World Bank forecasts growth of 6.6% a year in East Asia in 2001-07, up from 1.3% in 1998.
Standard Chartered is a UK-based bank, but has most of its operations in Asia and the Middle East.
If that happens, "the effects could be severe, " warns World Bank senior economist Richard Newfarmer, who led the team that released a major study of East Asia's recovery in June.
No exact details of Howell's bank accounts and properties in the United States, Central America and south-east Asia were revealed at Friday's hearing or separately, at the pre-sentencing hearing involving his ex-lover Hazel Stewart.
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Mr. Dugan is the chief investment officer for Asia and the Middle East at Coutts the private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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