6 August 2004

Dear Sir / Madam,

List of names for suspicious account reporting - US Executive Order and Government Gazette

Further to my letter of 6 July, I am writing to inform you that under the US Executive Order 13224, the US Government has recently added two new aliases - Continuity Army Council and Republican Sinn Fein - for the Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA), which was designated under the Order
on 31 December 2001. The relevant information can be found in the
website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury (http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/terrorism.html) under the heading of "Details of Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] Entities".

Meanwhile, an updated list of terrorists and terrorist associates designated by the United Nations Security Council Committee was separately published under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance and the United Nations Sanctions (Afghanistan) Regulation in the Gazette on 23 July (G.N. 4594) and 30 July (G.N. 4780) respectively. Compared with the list attached to my previous letter, the following eight individuals and six entities associated with the Al-Qaida organisation have been added to the List C and List D respectively:

List C

List D

In addition, information on an individual, Youssef ABDAOUI (item 5 of List C), has been updated.

The updated list is available on the Government's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm). A copy of the list in MS Word format is also attached to facilitate update of your electronic database. You are reminded to check the designated names against your records and report any transactions or relationships you have or have had with the named individuals or entities to the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit and the HKMA. You are also reminded to browse the above websites regularly for the latest information.

Yours faithfully,

William A. Ryback
Deputy Chief Executive