IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Each prospective or existing broker, custodian or other non-investor participant of CCASS must designate one HK$ current account with any one of the following licensed banks (or their branches) in Hong Kong for CCASS money settlement purpose.  All the banks provide Direct Debit Instruction (DDI), Direct Credit Instruction (DCI) and Electronic Payment Instruction (EPI) services for CCASS money settlement to market intermediaries who are our clearing, custodian and stock pledgee participants.  They will also serve our retail investor participants for CCASS money settlement if a code "IP" is shown after their names.
   
   

2. Where indicated in brackets, the bank also provides the following special banking services for CCASS money settlement :

   Code	Service Represented
   NON-IP RDP	CHATS payment service for intermediary participants
   IP RDP	CHATS payment service for retail investor participants
   NON-IP DVP ISI	Does not serve retail investor participants, but will support intermediary participants' Investor Settlement Instructions (ISIs) on Delivery versus Payment (DVP) basis
   IP	DDI, DCI and EPI services for CCASS money settlement for retail investor participants
   EIPO	EPI service for clearing, custodian and/or investor participants to subscribe for new issue of shares through the Electronic Initial Public Offering (EIPO) service

   
   
3. A clearing or custodian participant serving retail investor participants should select a bank with the code "Non-IP DVP ISI" or "IP" shown after the bank name to act as its designated bank for CCASS money settlement.  A clearing or custodian participant wishing to subscribe for new issue of shares through the EIPO service should select a bank with the code "EIPO".
   
   
4. To facilitate credit and other controls by the selected bank, participant should obtain the bank's countersignature on each of the following duly completed and signed authorisation forms before submitting them to HKSCC for processing :
   i.         Direct Debit Authorisation and Authorisation to Disclose Information Form
   ii.        Debit Authorisation for Electronic Payment Instruction and Authorisation to Disclose Information Form
   iii.       Debit Authorisation for Clearing House Automated Transfer System (CHATS) Payment Instruction and 
             Authorisation to Disclose Information Form (only applicable to participant who selects a bank with the
             code "NON-IP RDP").

No.	Name of Bank + (Code)	Bank No.	Person to Contact	Title	Telephone No.
1.	ABN AMRO BANK N.V. (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	008	MS JOYCE YEUNG	ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT	27006080 / 27006000
2.	AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	011	MR WINGLE YIP	DIRECTOR	28116186 / 28440688
3.	BANGKOK BANK PUBLIC CO LTD (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	049	MR YIU MING KAI  MICHAEL	ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT & DEPUTY MANAGER	28016571 / 28016688
4.	BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	012	MS CHU CHING YAN	SENIOR SECTION HEAD, OPERATIONS	22987808 / 22987829
5.	BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS CO LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	027	MS LAU HOK YING	HEAD OF SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT	21622511 / 21622162
6.	BARCLAYS BANK PLC (EIPO)	074	MR HECTOR LAU	ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR / HEAD OF OPERATIONS	29033088 / 29033077
7.	BNP PARIBAS (NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	056	MR GILBERT LEE	HEAD OF OPERATIONS	31973168 / 29098888
8.	CALYON (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	005	MS WINNIE LEUNG	HEAD OF CASH & REMITTANCE	28267443 / 28489000
9.	CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK (ASIA) CORPORATION LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	009	MR EDWIN CHAN	ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT	37182605
10.	CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	221	MISS LING ANGIE	ASSISTANT MANAGER	25329670 / 28684438
11.	CHINA MERCHANTS BANK CO LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	238	MR LAM WAI	SENIOR MANAGER	31188818 / 31188888
12.	CHIYU BANKING CORPORATION LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	039	MS CHOI DIC	SENIOR OFFICER - SETTLEMENT	28432725 / 28430111
13.	CHONG HING BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	041	MS WONG SIU YING	ASSISTANT MANAGER	37687335 / 37687321
14.	CITIBANK N.A. (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	006	MS MANDY LEUNG	VICE PRESIDENT	23068958 / 23067398
15.	CITIC KA WAH BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	018	MR LI CHI WAI RAYMOND	ASSISTANT MANAGER	36032607
16.	DAH SING BANK LTD (IP, EIPO)	040	MR LI CHAK WAI	SENIOR MANAGER - OPERATIONS DIVISION	25078832 / 25078866
17.	DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD (IP, EIPO)	016	MR TONG PING CHI  DANNY	MANAGER - CUSTODIAL SERVICES DEPT	36680780
18.	DBS BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	185	MR TONG PING CHI DANNY	MANAGER	36680780
19.	DEUTSCHE BANK AG (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	054	MS LORETTA LAI	SENIOR MANAGER	22038733 / 22038888
20.	FUBON BANK (HONG KONG) LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	128	MR CEDRIC LEUNG	HEAD OF CLEARING DEPARTMENT	29698068 / 29696908
21.	HANG SENG BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	024	MR WONG HOK SHING	MANAGER - PERSONAL & BUSINESS BANKING	21985555 / 21985111
22.	INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ASIA) LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	072	MR ALLEN LAU	TEAM HEAD (MANAGER)	35103050 / 35103063
23.	ING BANK N.V. (NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	145	MS ELITA WONG	SENIOR OFFICER / SEC. OPS.	28488054 / 28488488
24.	NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	043	MS VEVEANNA CHONG	BUSINESS OPERATIONS OFFICER	28520077
25.	OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LTD (NON-IP RDP, NON-IP DVP ISI, EIPO)	022	MS WAI YUK MUI ESTHER	ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER	28406209 / 28682086
26.	PUBLIC BANK (HONG KONG) LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	028	MS TSUI WAI MEI	CHIEF CASHIER	25419266 / 25419222
27.	SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	025	MR K M TING	ASSISTANT MANAGER	22072383
28.	STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	003	MR NG PAK CHAU	MANAGER - ELECTRONIC ITEMS OPERATIONS	22823003 / 22823000
29.	THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	015	MR TANG KAI MING	MANAGER - CENTRAL OPERATIONS DEPT	36084701
30.	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ LTD (NON-IP RDP, EIPO)	047	MR CHOY CHI SHUN GARY	SENIOR MANAGER	28627860 / 28627888
31.	THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	004	MRS TERESA LAU	ASSISTANT MANAGER - AGENCY & OPERATIONS	28223179 / 28221111
32.	UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	071	MS LAU HING SHAUN	GENERAL MANAGER, OPERATIONS	29108888
33.	WING HANG BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	035	MR TSEUNG WING HUNG	HEAD OF MAIN BRANCH	28525727 / 28525434
34.	WING LUNG BANK LTD (NON-IP RDP, IP RDP, IP, EIPO)	020	MR PETER TSUI	HEAD OF OPERATIONS CENTRE	27708835 / 27825133