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Speech – Maintaining and enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre (Christopher Cheung)

Deputy President, I thank Mr. NG Leung-sing for proposing this motion on “Maintaining and enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre” today.

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Speech – Maintaining and enhancing Hong Kong’s position as an international financial centre (Jeffrey Lam)

President, thanks to the hard work of Hong Kong people, Hong Kong has achieved very good developments in the economy and trade over the past few decades.

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Question – The tunnel design of the Central Kowloon Route and the impact of future construction works (Priscilla Leung)

The Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) has pointed out earlier that the dual-3 lane tunnel design will be adopted for the proposed Central Kowloon Route (CKR)…

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Question – Statistics on residential mortgage loans (Abraham Shek)

Will the Government inform this Council whether it knows the total number and total amount of outstanding residential mortgage loans as at May 31, 2013?

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‘The Youth, the Entrepreneur and the Dream of Toys’ Mr. Lam Leung Sharing Session

The giant rubber duck gracing Victoria Harbour made a splash in the city. Little was it kown that rubber ducks were in existence in Hong Kong as early as the 1940’s. As the ‘founding father’ of local rubber duck, Mr. Lam Leung, an industrialist, was invited to the sharing session hosted by BPA…

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Question – Collection of financial transactions tax in Hong Kong for Italian authorities (Christopher Cheung)

Following is a question by the Hon Christopher Cheung and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, in the Legislative Council today (June 5): Question: According to the Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) Law of Italy, which came into force on January 1 this year, FTT is

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Question – Promote use of ICT among SMEs (Andrew Leung)

Following is a question by the Hon Andrew Leung and a reply by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, in the Legislative Council meeting today (June 5): Question: Some members of the information technology (IT) industry have relayed to me that the application of information and communications technology is of particular

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Question – The construction progress of the XRL Project and the related immigration arrangements (Jeffrey Lam)

Following is a question by Hon Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, in the Legislative Council today (May 29): Question: The Transport and Housing Bureau has indicated earlier that the Government has maintained close liaison with the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), and the

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Question – Withdrawal of Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited’s automated trading services authorisation (Christopher Cheung)

Following is a question by the Hon Christopher Cheung and a reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, in the Legislative Council today (May 29): Question: The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on May 18 this year that it had received notification from Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange

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Speech – Maintaining a business-friendly environment in Hong Kong (Andrew Leung)

President, Hong Kong is the most popular city in the world and ever since the inception of Hong Kong as a port, it has relied on its open economic policy to attract overseas capital and talents. In the past two or three decades, Hong Kong has become the door for European and American businesses to

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