Fewer people waited outside six Bank of China (Hong Kong) branches for commemorative Olympic banknotes yesterday, but the bank said it was preparing for another overnight distribution of tickets that entitle holders to buy the notes.
The first phase of the sale kicked off yesterday at 50 branches across the city, with just six branches selling all five packages of the notes.
Two queues formed early yesterday at each of the six branches - one to pick up tickets and the other to buy the banknotes.
'Although there are fewer people queueing up today, we are still prepared to distribute the tickets overnight and will serve the last customer to come,' a bank spokeswoman said.
She said tickets for the first eight days of the sale were running out, and only two of the five packages were still available - the single HK$20 note and the package including a HK$20 note and a 20 pataca note.
She said people planning to buy the single note should go to the other 44 branches where most buyers could receive the banknotes shortly after getting their tickets.