Oe ART PERRET ERY EINE SP EY to os TN | Carne y | |to address} | Vancouver ‘Board of | Irade} Local From page 18 A NORTH Vancouver company is helping the post office find its postal codes. Krieger Data Corp recently in- troduced a Canada-wide postal code finding software program for microcomputers and Vancouver Canada Post is using it. “The post office has purchased one package and is looking at us- ing the system for all across Canada,’’ said Dave Galloway, marketing rep for Krieger. A useful tool for anyone dealing in mailing lists, the national data base version takes up nine megabytes and retails for $249. An abbreviated Western Canadian version including Manitoba, board of promotes bank DESIGNATING VANCOUVER an ‘international banking centre" will give the city a competitive edge over Pacific Coast cities in the United States, the Commons’ fi- nancé and economics committee was told recently. The Vancouver Board of Trade said all of Canada will benefit from Finance Minister Michael Wilson’s decision to make Van- couver one of two international banking centres in the country. Grahame Clarke, chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade, said giving Vancouver interna- tional banking centre status should not be considered a competitive threat by Toronto. “In Vancouver, the major com- petition we face is over which city will be the major centre on North America’s Pacific Coast,’’? Clarke” told the committee. “That competition comes from places such as Los Angeles, not Toronto. In fact, Toronto will benefit from our IBC status because a great deal of the new business. we attract offshore will be _ channeled through financial firms NORTH SHORE NEWS Douglas Foot North Shore News Publisher Peter - Speck is pleased to announce the f recent appointment of Douglas © Foot to the position of §. Comptroller. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Foot graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in commerce. He brings to the North Shore News expertise gained from several years with a major public accounting firm and three years as a controller in the retail industry. Covering every home in North and West Vancouver, the North Shore News has a circulation of 58,287, | f and has been the voice of Canada’s | richest market since 1969. "§ Published three times per week, , S owned and managed by North Shore residents, the newspaper has won over 45 awards for editorial and advertising excellence. based in Ontario.” Clarke said developing Van- couver into a major Pacific Coast commercial centre of trade, com- merce and travel will generate new business and contribute to Canada’s tax base. **Making Vancouver an interna- tional banking centre will give the city distinction and legitimacy as an international financial services centre, and will build upon the ‘high | visibility we received from Expo 86,” he said. - . Appearing with Clarke before the committee was Darcy Rezac, managing director of the Van- couver Board of Trade. _ They noted Canada’s exports to the Asia Pacific region have ex- ceeded Canadian exports to Europe since 1982. From this trade has emerged a pool of investment Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., and the Northwest Territories, sells for $99. Galloway said the postal code program is based on a mainframe version Kreiger has been running for the past five years. This week the company Jaunches a version of the package which will run with any ASCI file. PAT CARNEY, minister of inter- national trade, will address Van- couver Board of Trade and Business Council of B.C. members at a breakfast meeting 8 a.m. tomorrow in the B.C. Ballroom at the Hotel Vancouver. trade centre capital that Vancouver can tap, Particularly in view of the uncer- tainty over the future of Hong Kong. This will help diversify the British Columbia economy. Rezac said Vancouver's pre- eminent venture capital industry, including the Vancouver Stock Ex- change, gives it an edge over com- _ petition from U.S. pacific coast cities, as does the Port of Van- couver, the planned development of the Vancouver International Airport, the World Trade Centre and the trade . volume; Passing through the city. 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