Cheung Hoi Yu

HKEx is the holding company of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. It brings together the market organisations which have transformed Hong Kong's financial services industry from a domestically focused market to become a central market place in Asia attracting investment funds from all over the world. HKEx was listed in June 2000 following the integration of Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets. As a market-driven organisation, answerable to its shareholders, HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities in the region and around the world. HKEx's operations are organised into focused units, directly supervised and controlled by management and the board of directors. The board, the highest decision-making body, determines HKEx's objectives, missions, strategies, policies and business plan and monitors their implementation by management. In its role as the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong, HKEx regulates listed issuers; administers listing, trading and clearing rules; and provides services, primarily at the wholesale level, to customers of the exchanges and clearing houses, including issuers and intermediaries - investment banks or sponsors, securities and derivatives brokers, custodian banks and information vendors - who service the investor directly. These services comprise trading, clearing and settlement, depository and nominee services, and information services.

Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corp. provides research and development in fields of science and technology. It helps the science and technology companies under its care by offering them both state-of-the-art facilities as well as value-added services including research and development offices, infrastructure, market-led laboratories, and technical centres with professional support services. The company was founde din 2002 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.