FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan speaks during a ceremony marking the first day of trade after Lunar New Year at the Hong Kong stock exchange in Hong Kong, China February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG - Hong Kong finance secretary Paul Chan said on Monday the government was considering a more “competitive” tax arrangement to attract private equity funds to the city and further relief measures to prop up an economy facing recession.Chan said Hong Kong’s banking system was running smoothly and had ample liquidity despite the Asian financial hub facing “unprecedented” turbulence, with pro-democracy protests having roiled the city for more than six months.
Freest economy in the world? Time to pull investments from Hong Kong - once the great success of economic financial hub in the indo-pacific - or else your capital will be confiscated by the Chinese Communist Chinazi! HongKongProtests