New banknotes in HK
( 2003-12-02 09:51) (Shenzhen Daily)
The Hong Kong Monetary
Authority (HKMA) and Hong Kong's three note-issuing banks announced Sunday that
the new HK$100 (US$12.8) and HK$500 (US$64.1) banknotes would be put into
circulation from Dec. 15, 2003.
The two new banknotes will be available for exchange in all branches of the
three note-issuing banks of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd., Standard Chartered
Bank and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., starting on Dec. 15,
2003.
New notes for the remaining three denominations of HK$20, HK$50 and HK$1,000
will go into circulation in the second half of 2004. All existing banknotes will
continue to be legal tender and to be in use along with the new banknotes.
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