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[接上页] "invitation" (邀请) includes an offer and an invitation, whether made orally or produced mechanically, electronically, magnetically, optically, manually or by any other means; (Added 32 of 2001 s. 2) "issue" (发出), in relation to any advertisement, invitation or document, includes publishing, circulating, distributing or otherwise disseminating the advertisement, invitation or document, whether- (a) by any visit in person; (b) in a newspaper, magazine, journal or other periodical publication; (c) by the display of posters or notices; (d) by means of circulars, brochures, pamphlets or handbills; (e) by an exhibition of photographs or cinematography films; (f) by way of sound broadcasting or television; (g) by computer or other electronic device; or (h) by any other means, whether mechanically, electronically, magnetically, optically, manually or by any other medium, or by way of production or transmission of light, image or sound or any other medium,and also includes causing or authorizing the advertisement, invitation or document to be issued; (Replaced 32 of 2001 s. 2)"liquidity ratio" (流动资产比率) means the liquidity ratio referred to in section 102; "local branch" (本地分行), in relation to- (a) an authorized institution which is a bank, means- (i) in the case of a bank incorporated in Hong Kong, a place of business thereof in Hong Kong, other than its principal place of business in Hong Kong or any automated teller machine, at which it carries on- (A) banking business; or (B) any other business whereby it may incur financial exposure mentioned in section 81(2), and to which members of the public ordinarily have physical access for the purposes of that business;(ii) in the case of a bank incorporated outside Hong Kong, a place of business thereof in Hong Kong, other than its principal place of business in Hong Kong or any automated teller machine, at which it carries on- (A) banking business; or (B) any other business whereby it may incur financial exposure mentioned in section 81(2), and to which members of the public ordinarily have physical access for the purposes of that business; and(b) an authorized institution which is a deposit-taking company or a restricted licence bank, means a place of business in Hong Kong of the deposit-taking company or the restricted licence bank, other than its principal place of business in Hong Kong or any automated teller machine, at which it carries on- (i) the business of taking deposits; or (ii) any other business whereby it may incur financial exposure mentioned in section 81(2), and to which members of the public ordinarily have physical access for the purposes of that business; (Replaced 32 of 2001 s. 2)"local office" (本地办事处), in relation to an authorized institution- (a) subject to paragraph (b), means a place of business of the institution in Hong Kong from which any business of the institution is promoted or assisted and to which members of the public ordinarily have physical access for the purposes of that business; (b) does not include- (i) the institution's principal place of business in Hong Kong; (ii) a local branch established or maintained by the institution; (iii) an automated teller machine; (iv) a place of business of the institution used solely for the purposes of the administration of the affairs or business of the institution or the processing of transactions; or (v) a place of business of the institution, or a place of business of the institution belonging to a class of places of business, declared in a notice under subsection (14)(ca) not to be a place of business, or a class of places of business, as the case may be, for the purposes of this definition; (Added 32 of 2001 s. 2)"local representative office" (本地代表办事处) means an office in Hong Kong of a bank within the meaning of section 46(9); (Replaced 94 of 1993 s. 2) "majority shareholder controller" (大股东控权人), in relation to a company, means any person who, either alone or with any associate or associates, is entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, more than 50% of the voting power at any general meeting of the company or of another company of which it is a subsidiary; (Added 95 of 1991 s. 2) "Manager" (经理人), in relation to an authorized institution, means the person appointed, pursuant to section 52(1)(C), to be the Manager of the institution; (Added 49 of 1995 s. 2) "manager" (经理)- (a) subject to paragraph (c), in relation to an authorized institution incorporated in Hong Kong, means any individual, other than a director or chief executive of the institution, appointed by the institution, or by a person acting for or on behalf of or by an arrangement with the institution, to be principally responsible, either alone or with others, for the conduct of any one or more of the affairs or business of the institution specified in the Fourteenth Schedule; (b) subject to paragraph (c), in relation to an authorized institution incorporated outside Hong Kong, means any individual, other than a chief executive of the institution, appointed by the institution, or by a person acting for or on behalf of or by an arrangement with the institution, to be principally responsible, either alone or with others, for the conduct of any one or more of the affairs or business in Hong Kong of the institution specified in the Fourteenth Schedule; |