After a fantastic year for IPO’s on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), it was not at all surprising that a standing-room only crowd at the Prospectus and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC 2010) Convention in Toronto was eager to hear from visiting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K.C. Chan, and HKEx Chairman, Ronald Arculli, about Hong Kong and on how HKEx has become one of the most active markets in the world.

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On October 14, Chief Executive Donald Tsang gave his annual Policy Address which stressed the need for Hong Kong to diversify into areas that complement its traditional pillar industries of financial services, tourism, trade and logistics, and professional services.

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Hong Kong’s strategic location, together with its vibrant cosmopolitan lifestyle, newly added and more sophisticated infrastructure, world class hospitality and superb professional services, have made the city an ideal location for meetings, incentives, conventions, and events (MICE).

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Introduced in 1997 in Hong Kong, the Octopus smartcard continues to make international forays. As a superb example of Hong Kong’s high degree of technological capability, the Smart card applications will be a theme in the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Education, Mr Michael Suen, visited Toronto and promoted Canada-Hong Kong collaboration in education and nuturing of talent.

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