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Hong Kong Note Printing Limited is a company which prints the bank notes of all the three note-issuing banks in
HKNPL website
Printing companies of China Manufacturing companies of Hong Kong Banknote printing companies Currencies of Hong Kong Companies established in 1984 1996 mergers and acquisitions {{HongKong-stub
Hong Kong Note Printing Limited is a company which prints the bank notes of all the three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. The banknote printing plant was founded in 1984 by Thomas De La Rue in Tai Po Industrial Estate. In April 1996, the Hong Kong Government
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the executive authorities of Hong Kong SAR. It was formed on 1 July 1997 in accordance with the Sino- ...
purchased the plant through the Exchange Fund, and operated it under the current name.
Shareholders
In March 1997, the government sold 15% of the company's issued share capital to theChina Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation
China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC), () is a state-owned corporation which carries out the minting of all renminbi coins and printing of renminbi banknotes for the People's Republic of China.
CBPMC uses a network of printin ...
(CBPMC). In October the same year, the government sold 10% of the company's issued share capital to each of the three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong (total 30%), namely The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 9 ...
(now Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
Standard Chartered Hong Kong (officially Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, ) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Mo ...
), and the Hong Kong Branch
The Scout Association of Hong Kong is the largest scouting organisation in Hong Kong. Scout training was first introduced in Hong Kong in 1909 and 1910 by the Protestant based Boys' Brigade, Chums Scout Patrols and British Boy Scouts. The C ...
of the Bank of China
The Bank of China (BOC; ) is a Chinese majority state-owned commercial bank headquartered in Beijing and the fourth largest bank in the world.
The Bank of China was founded in 1912 by the Republican government as China's central bank, repl ...
(now Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited).
See also
* Banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar *Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar (, sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is subdivided into 100 cents or 1000 mils. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kon ...
References
External links
HKNPL website
Printing companies of China Manufacturing companies of Hong Kong Banknote printing companies Currencies of Hong Kong Companies established in 1984 1996 mergers and acquisitions {{HongKong-stub