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Some Major HK Banks Discussing Establishment of Bad Bank: Wire
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Some of Hong Kong's large banks are in preliminary discussions to set up a bad bank amid a rise in non-performing loans among Hong Kong banks, Bloomberg quoted sources as saying.

A number of banks, including HANG SENG BANK (00011.HK) and BANKCOMM (03328.HK), have recently approached consulting firms, and are in preliminary discussions to set up a specialized organization to deal with bad debt issues, with one of the considerations being to follow China's lead and set up a non-performing asset management company to allow banks to recover at least some of their loans.

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However, it is not yet known whether this plan is supported by other local banks and regulators.
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