(Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific ) – Hong Kong, 28 December: Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks – Standard Chartered, HSBC and the Bank of China – announced on Wednesday New Hong Kong dollar 20 and 100 banknotes will go into circulation on 11 January.
This is primarily to meet demand for the notes to be used for “gift money” before the Chinese New Year, which is due 23 January.
The new banknote will be circulated and available for exchange from 11 January.
Originally published by Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 1039 28 Dec 11.
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Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
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