![The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/12/f4d355a5c0274b579a7213142cf5369b.jpg)
The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
![The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/12/48c4a7bb32f841b590f1bcb818b938c7.jpg)
The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
![The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/12/537f8d33b8b248eeb1cedad6d7dffeb0.jpg)
The new HK$1,000 banknotes are on show in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
![Lydia Chan Yip Siu-ming, head of currency and settlement at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), shows the new HK$1,000 banknotes in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/12/cbc8af831bbb4587a925724d1fdccc40.jpg)
Lydia Chan Yip Siu-ming, head of currency and settlement at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), shows the new HK$1,000 banknotes in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
![The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced on Tuesday that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/12/12/b4bceaa1b76141a487bf66b5241ca384.jpg)
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced on Tuesday that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)