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Table 6
DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE HONG KONG
FINANCIAL SECTOR BY MAJOR COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION
Licensed banks
Place of Incorporation
Main
offices Branches
Hong Kong at the 1977
30
436 )
end of
1982
31
839 )
1983
31
867 ) of
296 ) 296)
П
1984
-
-876 which
289 +
-1985
881+
--278 )
China
at the 1977
13
120
end of
"
1982
13
217
"
1983
13
231
#
1984
13
245
It
1985
13
241
USA
at the 1977 end of
5
1982
#
1983
#1
1984
"
1985
2222
رد
34
67
70
68
65
5285
Japan
at the 1977
3
5
ena of
"
1982
10
1983
13
"
1984
17
#
1985
18*
3333
11
13
13
13
belong to Hongkong & Shanghai Banking..
Corporation
UK
at the 1977
3
80 )
end of
"
1982
#
1983
"
1984
"
1985
∞ ∞ ∞ ∞
8
121 )
110 )
8
126 ) of
112 )
belong to
8
121 ) which
110 )
Standard
8
117 )
109 )
Chartered Bank
*
In January 1986, bank licences were granted to 2 Japanese banks: the Nippon Credit Bank and the Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd., thus raising the number of Japanese banks operating in Hong Kong to 20.
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