For the present, let me say, 2007 has been not just a year of celebration, but a year of real progress and development in banking in this country.
An important initial step in this direction was the first European-Asian Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government here in Bangkok just under a year ago. BIS Review 18/1997  -2-  II The two levels of integration are currently determining to a very large extent the work of European central banks.