Bank Of Hawaii Opens Branch in Taipei June 12.HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 1996--Bank of Hawaii will open its first full service branch in Taiwan on June 12 with a staff of 32. The new branch, located at 149 Min Sheng sheng (Chinese; “sage” or “saint”) In Chinese belief, a mortal who attains extraordinary or supernatural powers by self-cultivation and serves as a model for others. Confucius used the term to refer to exemplary rulers of the past. East Road, Section 2, Taipei, will offer corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , including loan and deposit and trade-related finance capabilities. In addition, the branch specializes in facilitating business entry to Hawaii and Pacific and Asian Rim locations, as well as helping Hawaii businesses enter the Taiwan market. "We have been in Taipei for four years and are proud to be able to expand our presence in one of the major financial centers in Asia. Taiwan's market is very well-capitalized, and with the transition from a labor-intensive economy to one oriented towards technology, we see tremendous growth opportunities," said Lawrence M. Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of Hawaii Bank of Hawaii, a subsidiary of Bank of Hawaii Corporation (NYSE: BOH), is a regional commercial bank headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is Hawaii's second oldest bank and its largest locally owned bank in that majority of the voting stockholders reside within the state. and its parent corporation, Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. "Hawaii welcomes the participation of Taiwan in our economy and we are very pleased with recent investments that have been made. We look forward to encouraging and assisting future interaction," Johnson added. Henry Yu, Bank of Hawaii senior vice president, former manager of the representative office, will become acting manager of the new branch. James Hou has been named new Marketing manager; Samuel Lee
Samuel Lee (1783 – 1852) was an English Orientalist, born in Shropshire; professor at Cambridge, first of Arabic and then of Hebrew language; was the author of a Hebrew grammar and , Treasury manager; Laney Wang, Correspondent Bank Correspondent bank Bank that accepts deposits of, and performs services for, another bank (called a respondent bank); in most cases, the two banks are in different cities. manager and Terry Hou, Operations manager See datacenter manager. . A reception will be held July 11. Johnson, as well as Karl Pan, executive vice president in charge of Bank of Hawaii's International Banking Group, will host the event in Taipei. Bank of Hawaii's address is Fifth Floor, 149 Min Sheng East Road, Section 2, Taipei. Phone number is (02) 515-2101; facsimile number is (02) 509-7733 or (02) 509-7722. CONTACT: Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu Piia Aarma, 808/537-8660 Linda Chinn, 808/537-8658 |
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