The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that participating banks in the intellectual property financing sandbox have completed financing approvals for seven pilot cases, with loan amounts ranging from HK$1 million to HK$39 million, used for daily operations, business expansion and marketing. The cases cover industries including electronics, construction, toy manufacturing and medical devices; the sandbox was launched in December 2025 by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority together with the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and the Intellectual Property Department, and has received support from the Hong Kong Association of Banks.
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will step up management of hotspots including Sai Kung East Country Park, Kiu Tsui Chau and Shui Kau on Lantau Island during the National Day Golden Week, adding manpower and deploying drones with broadcasting capability over the Po Pin Chau viewing platform for monitoring. The real-name online booking trial for the Po Pin Chau section of the High Island Geological Trail continues, with bookings from tomorrow to next Monday fully booked. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will set up smart eco-toilets near Hin Tin public toilets and arrange toilet attendants on duty daily during the holiday.
The Centre for Food Safety announced the results of the bread sodium reduction scheme launched in 2019. All 26 participating manufacturers met the target, with the average sodium content of related products falling by 10% to 17%, while individual reductions exceeded 40%. A Department of Health survey from 2020 to 2022 showed that citizens aged 15 to 84 consumed 8.4 grams of salt per day, with more than 80% exceeding the upper limit recommended by the World Health Organization.
The Securities and Futures Commission has reprimanded C.T. International Financial Holdings Limited for breaching regulatory requirements, imposed a fine of $7 million and temporarily suspended the licence of its responsible officer. The specific nature of the breaches is not set out in this material; for details, please refer to the original press release from the Securities and Futures Commission. https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/TC/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=26PR158
The Development Bureau's pre-qualification list for building maintenance consultants and contractors will accept applications from tomorrow, with a deadline on the 27th of next month. It is targeted to be progressively ready by the end of this year, and to tender projects for owners in the first quarter of next year. The bureau is compiling three lists, covering inspection consultants, supervision consultants and contractors, with criteria covering technical capability, integrity and conduct, financial capability and past performance, reviewed every two years.
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui led a delegation of local financial industry representatives on a visit to the Northern Metropolis, touring the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park, Kwu Tung North New Development Area and Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area to learn about the industrial layout and investment and financing opportunities. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, together with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, is studying the relaxation of financing arrangements for companies in the parks under the banking sector capital requirements framework, while the insurance industry's risk-based capital regime will also provide capital concessions for infrastructure investments, including those in the Northern Metropolis, from 31 December.
The Government said recruitment by public healthcare institutions has always adhered to the principle of giving priority to hiring locally trained personnel, and issued an explanation amid recent discussions on nurse manpower planning and employment. The Hospital Authority's nurse attrition rate has fallen from a peak of 10.9% to 5.4%, but there are still about 3,200 nursing vacancies. About 50 registered nurses at the Hospital Authority were trained outside Hong Kong, accounting for less than 0.2% of the Hospital Authority's total nursing workforce.
Why read this: The release lists figures including about 3,200 nursing vacancies at the Hospital Authority, a 99% hiring rate and non-locally trained nurses accounting for less than 0.2%, allowing readers to check the ratio between locally trained nurses and public-sector demand.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Doha, Qatar yesterday, and spoke at the Governors' Business Roundtable on AIIB's deepening and expanding support for member economies. He welcomed AIIB's establishment of an office in Hong Kong, saying Hong Kong would leverage its strengths as an international financial centre and in professional services to support its work.
The Department of Health will amend the Code of Practice for Licensed Private Healthcare Institutions, requiring injectable and infusion products used in institutions to fall into three categories: registered or exempted medicinal products, human organ or tissue products, and medical devices listed by MDACS. The code is planned to be gazetted in the fourth quarter of this year and take effect one month after gazettal, while the MDACS-related requirements will take effect on 1 March next year.
Why read this: The content sets out three permitted categories of products, phased effective dates and licensing requirements for beauty parlours providing medical services, allowing licensees and the industry to check their own arrangements.
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The Policy Address proposed building an AI 'City Brain' for Hong Kong, integrating real-time data from closed-circuit television, sensors and other sources to optimise traffic lights and urban governance. The Security Bureau's Emergency Monitoring and Support Centre will be the first department to connect to it, and a project working group will be established in the fourth quarter of 2026, led by Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan. He stressed that the City Brain would not be used to monitor individuals, crimes or catch criminals. The writer questions whether the scope of surveillance may go beyond traffic.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong Association of Banks announced that 28 retail banks will further extend by six months, to end-May 2027, the repayment moratorium on mortgages, personal loans, credit card loans and other loans for those affected by the Tai Po fire. Where mortgagors and borrowers of Wang Fuk Court sell their interest in the property to the HKSAR Government, their existing mortgage moratorium may be extended until the newly purchased unit is occupied. This follows the support measures launched in March this year.
Why read this: The announcement states that the moratorium is extended to end-May 2027 and covers 28 retail banks, allowing affected individuals to check whether they fall within the scope of support.
Kai Tak Hospital will begin providing services in phases from next Monday, with the first phase covering the specialist outpatient building, oncology building and family medicine integrated centre, offering about 250 consultation slots per day initially. Specialist outpatient clinics in internal medicine, surgery, neurosurgery and clinical oncology at Queen Mary Hospital will transfer in batches from late October. Inpatient, surgical and accident and emergency services form the second phase and are expected to come into service in 2028. Kai Tak Hospital is Hong Kong's largest public hospital, with 2,400 beds and a service coverage of 1.8 million people.
Why read this: The announcement sets out the scope of first-phase services and the transfer timetable, and includes figures on Kai Tak Hospital's bed capacity and population covered, allowing readers to verify when related services at Queen Mary Hospital will move.
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The Education Bureau provides, on the Government Open Data Platform, a list of local kindergartens participating in the "2027/28 K1 Admission Arrangement" but not the Kindergarten Education Scheme for the 2026/27 school year, in CSV format, with a last updated date of 24/09/2026. The list is current as of mid-July 2026, arranged by the English alphabetical names of schools, and updated when necessary.
The list of local kindergartens participating in the "2027/28 K1 Admission Arrangement" that are non-Kindergarten Education Scheme institutions in the 2026/27 school year has been uploaded to the data platform. The information is up to mid-July 2026, and the data provider is the Education Bureau. The list is provided in CSV format, sorted by the English alphabetical names of the schools, with the last updated date being 24/09/2026, updated as necessary.
The 2026 Treasury Markets Summit, co-organised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Treasury Markets Association, was held in Hong Kong on 23 September. Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Eddie Yue delivered a keynote speech, sharing his views on the development of Hong Kong's bond market. The summit attracted more than 300 participants, with panel discussions exploring three major topics: the opportunities brought by renminbi internationalisation, the macroeconomic outlook for treasury markets, and how technology is reshaping the operation of treasury markets.
The People's Bank of China will issue renminbi central bank bills through the Central Moneymarkets Unit of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The tender announcement, tender specifications, and the issuance and depositary agent's tender information provided by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are published as attachments, with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority press release dated 21 September 2026.