We have received 24 correct answers to the Christmas Quiz. We are pleased to announce the first three correct entries as follows:
Patricia Chan
Tim Wong
Ho Kwok-fu
Congratulations to the winners. They will each receive the prize of an HKMA fountain pen and other HKMA souvenirs.
Mr Joseph Yam presents souvenir to the winners.
The answers to the Christmas Quiz are:
Order | Banks | Year began issuing banknotes |
1. | (d) Oriental Bank Corporation | 1845 |
2. | (f) Chartered Mercantile Bank of India , London and China | 1859 |
3. | (a) Chartered Bank of India , Australia and China (later renamed as Standard Chartered Bank) | 1862 |
4. | (h) Agra and United Service Bank Ltd | 1863 |
5. | (e) Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (later renamed as The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited) | 1865 |
6. | (c) Commerical Bank Corporation of India and the East | 1866 |
7. | (b) National Bank of China Ltd | 1891 |
8. | (g) Bank of China (later renamed as Bank of China ( Hong Kong ) Limited) | 1994 |