港幣風光時通行無阻

港幣曾在深圳非常風光。深圳所有銀行都有港幣業務，深圳家庭有港幣存款可謂司空慣見，有些深圳人賺的就是港幣，不止有商店收港幣，甚至的士也收港幣。港幣對人民幣「最威風」時達到1比1.2，有的精明深圳人專門用港幣購買某些商品。

不過，隨情勢轉變，不少深圳人悄悄將港幣換回人民幣，有的只餘小量留待赴港消費。據了解，目前生活在深圳的十幾萬香港人及經常往返深港的幾十萬香港人，也紛紛將港元兌換成人民幣，或投資內地房地產，或存進內地銀行。

This piece of news taken from Mingpao in HK.  Saying that shops in Shenzhen refused to accept HK Dollar as the Chinese currency Renmenbi continues to appreciate in value and worth more than HKD nowadays.

I remember when I first went to China I could get like 120-130 RMB for $100 HKD.   Back then people in China prefer to take HKD as it can be easily convertible to other currencies.  How things have changed nowadays.

What I don’t get is why do they have to reject HKD?  They can simply ask for more HKD for the same piece of product.  I can foresee that there will be a lot more tourists from China coming to Hong Kong and shop like crazy as the Yuan continues to appreciate.  Why not, with the strong economic growth and the massive foreign reserves, the Yuan will only get stronger.

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/061126/12/1×49x.html