Singapore’s DBS bank acquired 10% of shares of Honk Kong’s Wing Lung Bank in 1992 but there was no further expansion. DBS Bank became fully operational in HK in 1999 when it purchased local Kwong On Bank (est. 1935). In 2001, DBS Bank acquired Guoco Groups’s Honk Kong shares - Dao Heng Bank and Overseas Trust Bank. Dao Heng Bank was founded in HK in 1921. In 1989, it has acquired Hang Lung Bank and Overseas trust Bank in 1993.