Past Events
Hong Kong as a Family Office Hub: What to know about the incoming tax regime for Family-owned Investment Holding Vehicles
At a seminar on 7 February, Christine Ho, Deputy Global Head of Family Office at Invest Hong Kong, and Alice Leung, Tax Partner at KPMG, provided insights on the proposed tax regime for Family-owned Investment Holding Vehicles. While Alice detailed on the practicalities of the Bill such as relevant specified conditions and exemptions, Christine elaborated on how family offices could benefit from such a Bill and shared her observations on the upcoming trends in family office investments.
2023/02/07
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Mexico as a key nearshoring destination
It was a pleasure to welcome Mariana Campero, Senior VP International for De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera (CMM), a Mexican consultancy firm that helps companies do business and invest in the country. The Chamber’s Americas Committee Chairman Evaristo Trevino Berlanga, Vice Chairman Mark Michelson and Bradley Harker, Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Consulate General, welcomed Mariana and discussed Mexico’s growing importance as a key nearshoring destination.
She said Mexico has a lot of added value to offer in terms of competitiveness, strategic advantages and incentives. Since Mexico started promoting special economic zones five to six years ago, around 50% of the companies operating in the zones are now Chinese investors. Nearshoring has become a growing trend as Chinese and international companies move production closer to customers to limit their vulnerability to shipping problems and geopolitical tensions, and also sidestep U.S. tariffs.
2023/02/06
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Shenzhen General Chamber of Commerce Visits Chamber
Greater Bay Area
Qin Jingteng, Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Federation of Industry & Commerce (Shenzhen General Chamber of Commerce), led a delegation to visit the Chamber on February 3, where they were welcomed by HKGCC Deputy Chairman Agnes Chan, China Committee Vice Chairman Edmond Yew and members. Qin pointed out that currently there are over 40,000 Hong Kong enterprises in Shenzhen, which have contributed significantly to Shenzhen’s growth in the past 30 years. They hope Hong Kong businesses will continue to invest in Shenzhen to continue the city’s development.
2023/02/03
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Visit to Smart Government Innovation LAB
18 members visited the Smart Government Innovation LAB (the LAB) on 2 February on an exclusive tour. Gavin Wah, Chief Systems Manager of OGCIO, introduced the LAB’s work on utilizing innovative ideas from the I&T sector to facilitate smart city development. Members were then given a guided tour of the latest innovative solutions applied to public services, including open data city dashboards, tree movement monitoring system, immersive 4D cave, smart lamp posts and more.
2023/02/02
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Discussing Development of HTCZ
Greater Bay Area
Ouyang Huiyu, Deputy District Mayor of Futian District People’s Government, who is also Director of the Construction and Development Affairs Office of Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (HTCZ), and Zhu Junwei, Deputy Executive Director of HTCZ, visited the Chamber on February 1, where they were welcomed by GBA Working Group Convenor Petrina Tam and members. Ouyang introduced the latest developments in Futian and HTCZ. The zone, which straddles the boundary between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, will focuses on the development of advanced and finance technologies.
2023/02/01
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