This alert answers the most asked questions about the new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) announced the addition of a new Chapter 18C "Specialist Technology Companies" to the Main Board Listing Rules

On 19 March 2004 the Telecommunications Authority ("TA") in Hong Kong released its second consultation paper on second generation mobile service licences ("Second ConsultationPaper") sparking further controversy. The first consultation paper relating to licensing of mobile services on expiry of existing 2G licenses ("First Consultation Paper") was issued by the TA on 1 August 2003, and 23 submissions were received by the end of the consultation period, 2 October 2003.

The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement ("CEPA") is a free trade agreement between the PRC and Hong Kong that offers Hong Kong companies, products and residents preferential access to the Mainland market. Many of the preferences go beyond China’s WTO concessions. CEPA is not a closed agreement and both sides hold regular meetings on further concessions and the details for implementation.

On 2nd July 2003, the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China ("Hong Kong") passed the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2003 ("Amendment Ordinance"), which is an ordinance to amend the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong.

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The Internet may have given us an unprecedented tool for locating and sharing information but it has also provided an unwelcome accomplice – unsolicited electronic commercial messages on a large scale, otherwise known as spam. The debate centres on the following question: in a borderless environment how can individual countries protect the privacy rights of their citizens whilst still allowing legitimate e-marketing to occur. This article examines Hong Kong's role in the global fight against