Hang Seng 2005 3rd Int Div

HSBC Holdings PLC
07 November 2005

              HANG SENG ANNOUNCES THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND FOR 2005

The Board of Directors of Hang Seng Bank today declared a third interim dividend
of HK$1.10 per share in respect of the year ending 31 December 2005.

The third interim dividend will be payable on Wednesday, 4 January 2006, to
shareholders on the Register of Shareholders as at Wednesday, 21 December 2005.

The results for the year to 31 December 2005 will be announced on Monday, 6
March 2006. It is intended that any fourth interim dividend for 2005 that is
announced on that date would be payable on Friday, 31 March 2006 to shareholders
on the Register on Tuesday, 21 March 2006.

The Register of Shareholders of the Bank will be closed for one day on
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, during which no transfer of shares can be
registered. To qualify for the third interim dividend for 2005, all transfers,
accompanied by the relevant share certificates, must be lodged for registration
not later than 4:00pm on Tuesday, 20 December 2005, with the Bank's Registrars,
Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th
Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Notes to editors:

1. Hang Seng Bank
Founded in 1933, Hang Seng Bank is a principal member of the HSBC Group. It
operates 156 branches and automated banking centres in Hong Kong; a branch in
Macau; and a network of 12 mainland China outlets, including six branches (in
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and Nanjing), four sub-branches
(three in Shanghai and one in Shenzhen) and two representative offices (in
Xiamen and Dongguan). The bank also has a representative office in Taipei.

With consolidated assets of HK$569.7 billion as at 30 June 2005, the bank
reported a profit attributable to shareholders of HK$6,045 million for the first
six months of 2005, and HK$11.40 billion in 2004. For further information on
Hang Seng, please visit the bank's website at www.hangseng.com.

2. The HSBC Group
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 110 million customers worldwide through over 9,700
offices in 77 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the
Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of US$1,467 billion at 30 June
2005, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services
organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.





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