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Hong Kong's Link to the US Dollar: Origins and Evolution
This book covers the origins of Hong Kong's currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a currency board, the subsequent problems leading to the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, and the later reforms. The Epilogue traces Hong Kong's monetary developments between 1990 and 2005.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published December 4, 2007
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John Greenwood
174 books7 followersJohn Greenwood is the pseudonym of John Buxton Hilton.
Hilton was born in 1921 in Buxton, Derbyshire. After his war service in the army he became an Inspector of schools, before retiring in 1970 to take up full-time writing.
He wrote two books on language teaching as well as being a prolific crime writer - his works include the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series as John Greenwood.
Hilton was born in 1921 in Buxton, Derbyshire. After his war service in the army he became an Inspector of schools, before retiring in 1970 to take up full-time writing.
He wrote two books on language teaching as well as being a prolific crime writer - his works include the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series as John Greenwood.
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