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     Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) today (August 31) hosted a seminar at the sixth China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to update the local business community on Hong Kong’s unique business advantages in the context of the national Belt and Road Initiative and Hong Kong’s ability to expand their business globally.
      
     The seminar, entitled “Belt and Road, Together We Grow”, was the first such organised by InvestHK in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and was supported by the Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing (Beijing Office).
      
     The Director-General of Investment Promotion, Mr Stephen Phillips, and the Vice-Governor of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Mr Hadeerbieke Hamuzha, delivered welcome remarks at the event. 
      
     Mr Phillips said, “Hong Kong has long played an active role in facilitating trade and investment between Mainland China and the rest of the world and in recent years, Mainland enterprises’ ambition to ‘go global’. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is strategically located at the heartland of Eurasia and has been designated as a core area of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is a key transport and logistics hub, centre of commerce and regional financial centre for servicing trading with central Asia and beyond. I see many opportunities for collaboration. Xinjiang companies can leverage the dynamic business environment provided by Hong Kong, which will help Xinjiang companies better embrace new opportunities aligned with the Belt and Road Initiative.
      
     “Xinjiang enterprises can leverage Hong Kong’s world-class financial and professional services to structure and finance projects and merger and acquisition deals, and access the very best accounting and tax, legal, construction engineering design, management and project planning services, as well as manpower training and much more. All these are underpinned by Hong Kong’s world-class common law system, which also makes Hong Kong a very suitable location for dispute resolution. What is more, the international outlook of Hong Kong, as the melting pot of the region, can also help Xinjiang enterprises and business communities from Belt and Road countries forge successful partnerships. In the meantime, The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will also serve as a powerful connection point for the Belt and Road. Mainland companies should utilise the strong research and development capacity of Hong Kong and the Bay Area’s advanced manufacturing. I believe this powerful combination would definitely help any Xinjiang company to upgrade its innovation capability, and in the long perspective, the result would enhance the overall development of industries in Xinjiang.”
      
     The Head of the Beijing Investment Promotion Unit of InvestHK, Mr Matt Hu, further elaborated on Hong Kong’s business advantages and ways to assist Mainland enterprises to expand overseas at the seminar. Other speakers included the Vice Chairman of Professional Committee on Cultural Industries, Belt and Road General Chamber of Commerce, Mr Chan King-Cheung; the Senior Manager, M&A Tax, KPMG Advisory (China) Limited, Ms Lily Zhang; the Managing Director and Head of Northern China, Global Coverage Centre, BOCI Asia Limited, Mr Wang Yaohui; and the Manager of Issuer Services, Market Development, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Mr Raymond Yang. They spoke on how to tap into Belt and Road opportunities via Hong Kong, the city’s tax incentives and financing advantages, comprehensive professional financial services for Mainland enterprises to “go global”, and the latest developments of Hong Kong’s listing and securities market.
      
About InvestHK

     InvestHK is the department of the HKSAR Government responsible for attracting foreign direct investment and supporting overseas and Mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides free advice and customised services for overseas and Mainland companies enrolled as its clients. For more information, please visit www.investhk.gov.hk.

     For an event photo, please visit: www.flickr.com/photos/investhk/albums/72157700772679665.

  

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:      The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limit… read more

     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, and senior government officials will attend an official ceremony on Monday (September 3) at City Hall Memorial Garden to commemorate the victory of the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

     The official ceremony will be held at 8am. The ceremony will include a performance by the Police Band, singing of the national anthem by a choir from St. Joseph’s College and Holy Family Canossian College, flag raising, a gun salute by the Police Rifle Squad, silence in mourning and wreath laying.

     About 900 people including judicial officers, members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, representatives of war veteran groups, members of the community, uniformed groups and students will attend the ceremony. In view of the limited capacity at the venue, there will be no public viewing area for the ceremony. Radio Television Hong Kong will provide a live broadcast of the ceremony on the day.

     The Police will implement temporary traffic arrangements at the northern section of Edinburgh Place outside Hong Kong City Hall on the day from 5.30am onwards until the end of the ceremony. Vehicular access to the northern section of Edinburgh Place outside Hong Kong City Hall will be closed and entry will be restricted to vehicles with the appropriate Closed Road Permit. read more

     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 31) released the findings of its food safety report for last month. The results of about 15 100 food samples tested were satis… read more

     The Hong Kong Space Museum’s new Omnimax show, “National Parks Adventure”, will be launched tomorrow (September 1). The film shows the audience the breathtaking landscapes of national parks in the United States by following the footsteps of world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker and two other adventurers, and explores what national parks mean to people.
 
     The national parks not only contain spectacular scenery and display the results of nature conservation, but also offer a place for seeking excitement, purifying minds and creating artworks. The audience will witness the family ties between Anker and Max Lowe, the son of Anker’s deceased climbing partner and now his stepson. At the same time, the audience will also see the friendship among the two of them and a young artist, Rachel Pohl.
 
     The show was filmed in more than 30 national parks in the United States. When viewing the film on the dome screen at the museum’s Stanley Ho Space Theatre, members of the audience may feel as if they are inside Yellowstone National Park or at Devils Tower, in addition to appreciating the magnificent work of nature.
 
     The 43-minute show will be screened until February 28 next year at the museum’s Stanley Ho Space Theatre. It will be screened daily at 1.30pm, 5pm and 8.30pm.
 
     Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). The museum is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).
  
     The Hong Kong Space Museum is located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. For further information, please call 2721 0226 or visit the website at hk.space.museum.