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CEPA Offers Opportunities for HK
WHO & CDC Lift Travel Advisory
HK Off SARS List
HK Travel Advisory Lifted
HK Relaunch Announced
"Business After SARS" Conference
"Team Clean"
HK to Lure Tourists
SARS Experts Committee
Business Events
Tourism Forum in July
HK Opens for Business

The signing of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong and the Mainland brings new opportunities for Hong Kong’s manufacturing and services sector, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Antony Leung, said [more...]

The Hong Kong Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, welcomed the decisions by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift their travel advisories on Hong Kong on May 23 and June 5, respectively [more...]

Recognition of the fact that Hong Kong has SARS firmly under control was made evident June 23, 2003 when the World Health Organization (WHO) removed Hong Kong from its list of SARS-infected areas.

The last local SARS case was isolated on June 2. "This is a very significant achievement," said Dr David Heymann [more...]

Health Canada lifted its travel advisory on Hong Kong on June 23, 2003. The Director of HKETO, Mrs Rosanna Ure, said that the move reflects the fact that Hong Kong’s measures to contain SARS have achieved the desired results and that Hong Kong is a safe place for Canadians to visit.

Mrs Ure expressed her thanks to the Canadian government and the Canadian community for their understanding. “Our appreciation must go specially to Health Canada for its support [more...]

Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997. Hong Kong's constitutional document, the Basic Law, enacted by China's People's Congress, came into effect the same day.

The Basic Law embodies the concept of "One Country, Two Systems" and guarantees a high degree of autonomy with Hong Kong people running Hong Kong in all areas except for foreign affairs and defence.

In particular, it ensures that Hong Kong's capitalist system and way of life under the rule of law will remain unchanged for at least 50 years.

The key provisions of the Basic Law which have been fully implemented in Hong Kong include:
?The laws previously in force in Hong Kong have been maintained, separate from those in the Mainland.
?Continuation of freedom of speech; of the press and publications; of assembly; of religion; of procession and demonstration and the right and freedom to form, join trade unions and to strike.
?Independent finances separate from the Mainland and formulation of Hong Kong' own monetary and financial policies and safeguarding of the free movement of goods, assets and capital.

For details of the Basic Law, click icon "Basic Law" at www.hketo.ca.