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A 20-year-old mainland man who came to Hong Kong for studies was sentenced to 2 months' imprisonment for submitting false academic certificates. The case was reported by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily and involves fraudulent academic documentation related to studying in Hong Kong.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan concluded his visit to Bangkok, Thailand. During the visit, he met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas, where the two sides exchanged views on strengthening Hong Kong-Thailand economic, trade, and financial cooperation, aligning Thai foreign direct investment with Hong Kong's capital markets, promoting regulatory cooperation between the two securities markets, and facilitating dual primary listings of enterprises. Paul Chan also met with senior executives of a major French bank with extensive operations in Hong Kong, discussing developments in fixed income and currency markets, green and sustainable finance, tokenized financial products, and asset management. He then departed for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong insurance coverage has been extended to Huanggang Port, with the relevant arrangement announced by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority. This adjustment includes Huanggang Port within the coverage area of Hong Kong insurance policies, providing corresponding protection support for Hong Kong policyholders traveling across the border.
HKEX announced that its Core Climate platform has completed two cross-border pilots for green electricity certificates and Shenzhen emissions rights. 15 enterprises participated in the green electricity certificate pilot, with a total trading volume of approximately 100,000 certificates. HKEX also signed a cooperation agreement with the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center to establish a cross-border green electricity certificate trading channel, promoting connectivity of green markets in the Greater Bay Area.
The Chongqing-Hong Kong Cross-Border Data Verification Platform, facilitated by the HKMA, was officially launched. The platform leverages blockchain technology and hash values to verify customer data without the need for cross-border transmission or storage of original documents. Initially, the platform primarily supports cross-border financial scenarios, with banks in Chongqing and Hong Kong advancing applications related to northbound and southbound data flow verification, covering services such as account opening and loan applications.
Hong Kong's new Capital Investment Entrant Scheme has attracted a cumulative HKD 7.45 billion over three years since implementation, with the scheme scale repeatedly reaching new highs.
InvestHK announced on October 5, 2026 that Kyrgyzstan commercial bank Bakai Bank has been granted a Hong Kong banking licence by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, becoming the first Central Asian bank to enter the Asia-Pacific region. The bank will establish a restricted-licence bank in Hong Kong under the name Bakai Bank Open Joint-Stock Company (Hong Kong Branch), serving the trade, investment and capital needs of the Central Asia–Asia-Pacific economic corridor. InvestHK will continue to assist the bank in exploring sustainable development financing and RMB-denominated financing business.
The Hong Kong SAR Government has released the 2026 Policy Address, proposing a number of policies to attract talent, optimize visas, and build an international education hub. The Address proposes considering adding categories related to artificial intelligence applications to the Talent List, which currently covers 60 types of professions with local shortages.
HKEX, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and Nasdaq Dubai jointly announced the establishment of a strategic working group to deepen financial market cooperation and connectivity between the international financial centers of Hong Kong and Dubai. The working group focuses on five key areas: sustainable finance, Islamic finance, innovation, capital market development, and market connectivity. The announcement was made at the HKMA-DFSA Joint Climate Finance Conference held in Hong Kong on the same day, which attracted over 350 online and offline participants from both regions.