Chongqing and Hong Kong today (14 October) announced that the Chongqing-Hong Kong cross-border data verification platform has come into operation, coordinated and built by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Chongqing Branch of the People's Bank of China, among others. The platform uses blockchain and data code verification for data carried by customers themselves, without involving cross-border transmission and storage of original documents. The first phase focuses on cross-border financial scenarios such as opening accounts and applying for loans.
Why read this: The Chongqing-Hong Kong platform was jointly coordinated and built by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and multiple parties in Chongqing, using blockchain and data code verification without cross-border transmission of original documents, and cites that the Shenzhen-Hong Kong platform has been used more than 40,000 times, providing a scale for comparison.
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Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited warned the public against the fraudulent website fasterpaymentsystemfps.xyz, which impersonates the Faster Payment System online transaction security service and requests personal data such as identity card photographs and bank account numbers. The company clarified that it has no connection with the site, stating that the genuine official URLs are www.hkicl.com.hk and fps.hkicl.com.hk, and that suspicious communications can be verified by calling 2533 1111.
Why read this: The announcement lists the fraudulent URL alongside two genuine official URLs, allowing readers to check whether they may have logged in and been deceived.
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Sun Dong replied in LegCo to Elizabeth Quat's question, saying Hong Kong's overall computing power reaches 5 000 PFLOPS per second, of which the Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre accounts for 3 000 PFLOPS, with a utilisation rate of over 90 per cent. The Sha Loeng Data Park is expected to begin first-phase operations in 2027 and be fully in service by 2032, by which time it will provide 180,000 PFLOPS of computing power per second; the authorities also said that at this stage there is no need to build a dedicated water supply corridor or quota for the smart computing industry.
Why read this: The reply sets out short-, medium- and long-term computing power supply arrangements and gives specific figures for existing computing capacity, the supercomputing centre's utilisation rate and the Sha Loeng Data Park, allowing the timetable to be checked.
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