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| Oct 16, 2007 06:53 | #11   |
 | Yes it was not since i'm not in HSBC but i just read that for students you can transfer money directly from a foreign account to a chinese account in HSBC without any cost. I guess it is not the same for other customers then ;). |
| Oct 16, 2007 07:54 | #12 |
| Many of the China Bank service points have a bank machine (ATM if you prefer) and I can confirm that HSBC card can be used there. There are also a few HSBC banks throughout China, but not everywhere; look on their website. I don't know how much they charge everytime you withdraw money yet, but if I remember well, I was told that there is a 3$ fee each time (half a pound - but I'm from Canada). Before you leave UK, just ask your bank to issue you 2 abnk cards and there will be no need to mention the GF or joint account. Also, as a safety precaution, you could also bring someone of your familly to the bank and have that person to sign a procuration; I mean that you would give this person the authorization to do transactions on this account while you are away...this could be useful in an emergency situation... And a credit card in China is not a very useful thing to have as credit here is close to an innexistant thing and I heard that it is not that safe to use such a card anyway; lots of fraud going on. |
| Oct 16, 2007 07:56 | #13 |
| Oh, BTW, the bank does the conversion for you and what you withdraw is Chinese money...just in case you wondered. |
| Dec 10, 2007 02:17 | #14 |
| GUESTMYRKOON | I'm just interested, how are you going to celebrate New Year? Where and how are you going to celebrate it? About me - I'm going to celebrate it in the restaurant with my husband, just from 31 of December, and after that we'll go to the booked hotel lux room.. What about you? |
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