Europe, 36 are from Asia and the Pacific (13 from Japan) and 19 from North America (18 from the United
States).
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to
As at 31st December, 1986, there were also
38 licensed deposit-taking companies, an increase of 3 over the year and 254 registered deposit-taking companies, a net reduction of 24 over the year (9 new registrations, 30 revocations and 3 moving
licensed status).
Only 67 of the registered
deposit-taking companies are now not related to
banks; 119 are subsidiaries of banks licensed in
Hong Kong and 51 are subsidiaries of foreign banks
not licensed in Hong Kong.
As with banks, the ownership of deposit-taking companies is world-wide with only 51 owned in Hong Kong. Among st
foreign owners, 35 are owned by United States
interests, 34 from Japan, 19 from the
Kingdom, 20 from Indonesia, 17 from China,
France and 12 from Thailand.
the
United
12 from
12.
Banks incorporated in Hong Kong have 952
local branches and 179 branches overseas with 15
overseas representative offices. The Hong Kong deposit-taking companies have 115 local branches, 7
overseas branches and 14 overseas representative
offices. Branches or representative offices of Hong
Kong authorised institutions are in 32 countries.
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