*************************************
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the three note-issuing banks (Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited[SCBHK], The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited [HSBC] and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited [BOCHK]) today (November 15) announced the issuance schedule of the remaining three denominations, $100, $50 and $20, of the 2010 Series Hong Kong Banknotes.
$50 banknotes of the three note-issuing banks and $100 banknotes of SCBHK and BOCHK will go into circulation from November 22, 2011. As for the $20 banknotes and HSBC $100 banknote, it is intended that they will be put into circulation in early 2012 before Chinese New Year. Further public announcement will be made nearer the time when these new notes are to be put into circulation.
Leaflets illustrating the design and security features of all five denominations of the 2010 Series are available to the public at branches of the three note-issuing banks and the HKMA. The leaflet is also posted on the HKMA website at www.hkma.gov.hk.
As part of the publicity campaign for the 2010 Series, the HKMA organised a photo competition inviting members of the public to use photographs to present landmarks which had appeared on previous series of Hong Kong banknotes. All entries were judged for their aesthetic, technique and creativity, and the winning entries are displayed on the HKMA website.
Ends/Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:02
NNNN
