Hong Kong Laws, Regulations & Rules
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Accounting
A
Guide for Effective Audit Committees
Corporate Governance Disclosure in Annual Reports
Corporate Governance for Public Bodies
HKICPA
Members' Handbook
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing
Clearing rules
Listing
rules & guidelines
Trading
rules
Courts & Tribunal
Insider Dealing Tribunal
Judiciary
Ordinances (laws)
Constitutional & other
Basic Law
Bill of Rights
Chief Executive Election
Electoral Affairs Commission
Gazette
Legislative Council (Powers
and Privileges)
Legislative Council Commission
Legislative Council
Legislative Provisions
(Suspension of Operation) 1997
New Territories Ordinance
Rural Representative
Election
Sino-British Joint
Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong
Bank mergers
Bank of China (Hong
Kong) Limited (Merger)
Bank of East Asia, Limited
(Merger of Subsidiaries)
Bank of East Asia, Limited
(Merger)
Bank of
East Asia, Limited
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (Merger of Subsidiaries)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Hang Lung Bank (Acquisition)
Lloyds Bank (Merger)
Rainer International Bank
(Transfer of Hong Kong Undertaking)
Royal Bank of Scotland
Wing Hang Bank, Limited (Merger)
Entertainment
Amusement Games Centres
Amusement Rides (Safety)
Entertainment Special
Effects
Karaoke
Establishments
Places
of Public Entertainment
Environment
Air Pollution Control
Bunker Oil Pollution
(Liability and Compensation)
Energy Efficiency
(Labelling of Products)
Environment and Conservation
Fund
Environmental
Impact Assessment
Fisheries Protection
Fixed Penalty (Public Cleanliness Offences)
Fixed Penalty (Smoking
Offences)
Genetically
Modified Organisms (Control of Release)
Noise
Control
Protection of
the Harbour
Water
Pollution Control
Waste Disposal
Whaling Industry (Regulation)
Financial services
Banking
Bankruptcy
Commodity Exchanges (Prohibition)
Companies
Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions)
Electronic Transactions
Exchange Fund
Exchanges (Special Levy)
Factors
Financial Reporting Council
Foreign Corporations
Hong Kong Association of
Banks
Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Insurance
Companies
Legal Tender Notes Issue
Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes
Money Lenders
Occupational Retirement Schemes
Securities and Futures
Funds
Brewin Trust Fund
Grantham Scholarships Fund
Kadoorie Agricultural Aid
Loan Fund
Queen
Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped
Sir David Trench Fund for
Recreation
Sir
Edward Youde Memorial Fund
Sir Murray MacLehose Trust
Fund
Sir Robert
Black Trust Fund
Gambling
Betting Duty
Gambling
Government Lotteries
Health
Electronic Health Record
Sharing System
Hong Kong Council on
Smoking and Health
Hospital Authority
Human Organ Transplant
Human Reproductive
Technology
Matilda and War Memorial Hospital
Pneumoconiosis and
Mesothelioma (Compensation)
Pok Oi Hospital Incorporation
Prevention
and Control of Disease
Prince Philip Dental
Hospital
Smoking
(Public Health)
Human rights & relations
Adoption
Age of Majority (Related
Provisions)
Births &
Deaths
Births
Registration (Special Registers)
Deaths Registration (Special
Registers)
Disability
Discrimination
Guardianship of Minors
Marriage
Race Discrimination
Separation and Maintenance
Sex Discrimination
Law & order
Police Children's
Education Trust
Police Education and Welfare Trust
Police Force
Prevention of Bribery
Prevention of Child
Pornography
Prevention of Copyright Piracy
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals
Prisoners
(Release Under Supervision)
Prisons
Reformatory Schools
Rehabilitation Centres
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Labour
Employees' Compensation
Employees Compensation
Assistance
Employees'
Compensation Insurance Levies
Employees Retraining
Employment
Employment of Young Persons
and Children at Sea
Labour Relations
Labour Tribunal
Professional bodies
Hong Kong Institute of
Architects Incorporation
Hong Kong Institute of
Housing
Hong Kong
Institute of Landscape Architects Incorporation
Hong Kong Institute of
Planners Incorporation
Hong Kong Institute of
Surveyors
Hong Kong
Institution of Engineers
Professional registrations
Architects
Chinese Medicine
Chiropractors Registration
Construction Workers Registration
Dentists Registration
Engineers Registration
Estate Agents
Landscape Architects Registration
Medical Registration
Nurses Registration
Professional Accountants
Securities and Futures
Security and Guarding Services
Social Workers Registration
Surveyors Registration
Veterinary Surgeons Registration
Real estate and construction
Aliens (Rights of
Property)
Builders' Lifts and Tower Working Platforms (Safety)
Building Management
Buildings
Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories)
Buildings Energy Efficiency
Crown Lease (Pok Fu Lam)
Fire Safety (Buildings)
Fire Safety (Commercial Premises)
Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations)
Government Leases
Government Rent (Assessment
and Collection)
Government Rent and Premium (Apportionment)
Government Rights (Re-entry
and Vesting Remedies)
Land (Compulsory Sale for
Redevelopment)
Land
(Miscellaneous Provisions)
Land Acquisition (Possessory
Title)
Land Drainage
Land Registration
Land Survey
Land Titles
Land Transactions (Enemy
Occupation)
Landlord
and Tenant (Consolidation)
Lands Resumption
Lands
Tribunal
Lifts and
Escalators
New
Territories (Renewable Government Leases)
New Territories Land
(Exemption)
New
Territories Land Exchange Entitlements (Redemption)
New Territories Leases
(Extension)
Residential Properties (First-hand Sales)
Urban Renewal Authority
Religion
Abbot of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Incorporation
Basel Evangelical
Missionary Society Incorporation
Bishop of the Roman
Catholic Church in Hong Kong Incorporation
Caritas - Hong Kong
Incorporation
Catholic Mission of Macao Incorporation
Chater
(Cathedral and St. Andrew's) Endowment Funds Incorporation
China Congregational Church
China Peniel Missionary
Society Incorporation
Chinese Anglican Church
Body Incorporation
Chinese Rhenish Church, Hong Kong Synod, Incorporation
Chinese Young Men's
Christian Association
Chinese Temples
Christian and Missionary
Alliance (Transfer of Hong Kong Immovable Property)
Church Body of The Hong
Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Church of Christ in China, Wanchai Church, Incorporation
Church of England Trust
Congregation of Our Lady of
Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angers at Hong Kong Incorporation
Council of Ling Liang
World-Wide Evangelistic Mission Hong Kong Ling Liang Church Incorporation
Daughters of Charity of the Canossian Institute Incorporation
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians Incorporation
Emmanuel Church
Incorporation
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Incorporation
Hong Kong Baptist Church
Incorporation
Hong
Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Incorporation
Hong Kong Christian Council
Incorporation
Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China Incorporation
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Foundation
Hop Yat
Church of The Church of Christ in China Incorporation
Irish Province of the Order
of Franciscans Minor Incorporation
Institute of the Marist
Brothers of the Schools
Kowloon City Baptist Church
Kowloon Tong Church of the
Chinese Christian and Missionary Alliance Incorporation
Kowloon Union Church
Incorporation
London Missionary Society
Man Mo Temple
Maryknoll Sisters of St.
Dominic Incorporation
Methodist Church, Hong
Kong, Incorporation
Missions Etrangers
Order of Friars Minor in Hong Kong Incorporation
Orthodox Metropolitanate of
Hong Kong and South East Asia
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Incorporation
Pontifical Foreign Missions Institute Incorporation
Sisters of the Precious Blood Order Incorporation
Sœurs de Saint Paul de
Chartres Incorporation Ordinance
Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Hong Kong Incorporation
Tsimshatsui Baptist Church
Incorporation
Tsung
Tsin Mission of Hong Kong Incorporation
Union Church Incorporation
Young Men's Christian
Association
Schools
Council of Heep Yunn School
Incorporation
Council of the Diocesan Girls' School Incorporation
Diocesan Boys' School
Committee Incorporation
Diocesan Preparatory School
Council Incorporation
Diocesan School and
Orphanage Incorporation
English Schools Foundation
St. John's College
St. Joseph's College
Incorporation
St.
Paul's College Council Incorporation
St. Stephen's College
Council Incorporation
St. Stephen's Girls'
College Council Incorporation
Taxes and duties
Air Passenger Departure Tax
Betting Duty
Dutiable Commodities
Estate Duty
Hotel and Accommodation Tax
Inland Revenue
Motor Vehicles (First
Registration Tax)
Rating
Stamp Duty
Tax Reserve Certificates
Tertiary education
Chinese University of Hong
Kong
City University
of Hong Kong
Hong
Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hong Kong Baptist
University
Hong Kong
Institute of Education
Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
Industrial Training
(Clothing Industry)
Lingnan University
Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance
Open University of Hong
Kong
Post-Secondary
Colleges
University
of Hong Kong
Vocational Training Council
Transport
Aerial Ropeways (Safety)
Airport Authority
Carriage by Air
Carriage of Goods by Sea
Civil Aviation
Civil Aviation (Aircraft
Noise)
Civil Aviation
(Births, Deaths and Missing Persons)
Discovery Bay Tunnel Link
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Ferry Services
Fixed Penalty (Traffic
Contraventions)
Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions)
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Mass Transit Railway
Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions)
Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty)
Motor Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Risks)
Nuclear Material (Liability
for Carriage)
Peak Tramway
Port Control (Cargo Working
Areas)
Public Bus Services
Railways
Road Traffic
Road Traffic (Driving Offence Points)
Road Traffic (Violation of Collection of Fees)
Road Tunnels (Government)
Roads (Works, Use and Compensation)
Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road
Tate's Cairn Tunnel
Tramway
Tsing Ma Control Area
Tsing Sha Control Area
Tung Chung Cable Car
Western Harbour Crossing
Other statutory bodies
Chater Masonic Scholarship
Fund
Federation of
Hong Kong Industries
Financial Secretary
Incorporation
Helena May
Incorporation
Heung
Yee Kuk
Hong Kong
Arts Centre
Hong Kong
Arts Development Council
Hong Kong Conference of
Youth Organizations
Hong
Kong Girl Guides Association
Hong
Kong Red Cross
Hong Kong St. John Ambulance
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic
Garden Corporation
Li Po Chun Charitable Trust
Fund
Masonic Benevolent Fund Incorporation
Po Leung Kuk
Portuguese Community
Education and Welfare Incorporation
Queen Elizabeth Foundation
for the Mentally Handicapped
Scout Association of Hong Kong
Sea Cadet Corps
Society for the Relief of Disabled Children Incorporation
Society of Boys' Centres Incorporation
Trading Funds
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
West Kowloon Cultural
District Authority
Yan Chai Hospital
Zetland Hall Trustees Incorporation
Securities & Futures Commission
Codes
Immigration-linked investment schemes
MPF products
Pooled retirement funds
Real estate investment trusts
Takeovers and mergers and share repurchases
Unit trusts and mutual funds,
Investment-Linked Assurance Schemes and Unlisted Structured Investment Products
Codes of conduct
Corporate finance advisers
Fund managers
Persons
licensed by or
registered with the SFC
Share registrars
Guidance notes, guidelines and circulars
Advertising or offering of collective investment schemes on the internet
Automated Trading Services
Client identity rule policy
Client securities & client money - suggested control techniques and procedures
Competence
Continuous professional training
Debt collection
Directors' duties
Disclosure of fees and charges relating to securities services
Disclosure of interests outline
Disclosure of interests - exemption of listed corporations
Dual prospectus structure for programme offers
Electronic public offerings
Fining
Fit and proper guidelines
Internet regulation
Investor compensation arrangement
Issue of advertisements by intermediaries
Lending agents
Licensing fee waivers
Licensing information
Management, supervision and internal control
Money laundering
and terrorist financing
Offer awareness and summary disclosure materials
Position limits and large open position reporting requirements
Prospectus filing - application for relaxation of procedural requirements
Short selling reporting and stock lending record keeping requirements
OTC derivatives - risk management controls
Use of plain language - announcements
Use of plain language - prospectuses
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