Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
HKMA Quarterly Bulletin - February 2002
REPORT - The Quarterly Bulletin (QB) carries regular reporting and analyses on the policies of the HKMA's key activities in fulfilling its central banking functions and provides a forum for the HKMA to explain its philosophy and policies, particularly…
Speech by Tony Latter, Deputy Chief Executive HKMA
SPEECH - Speech by Tony Latter, Executive Director, HKMC, Bauhinia MBS Limited, US$3,000,000,000 Mortgage-Backed Securitisation Programme, Signing Ceremony, 19 December 2001.
Speech by Joseph Yam of the HKMA
SPEECH - Opening remarks by Joseph Yam, JP, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority to the Hong Kong Foreign Exchange and Money Market Practices Committee Conference on Challenges and Opportunities in the New Century, 22 November.
Speech by Tony Latter, Deputy Chief Executive HKMA
SPEECH - Address by Tony Latter, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority at the Seminar Programme of the FOW Derivatives Expo, Hong Kong, 5 November.
China has no plan to relax foreign bank rule: HKMA
HONG KONG - China said on Tuesday it had no plans to relax its US$20 billion asset-base threshold for foreign banks wanting to open branches in the country, according to a Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) spokesman.
HKMA Press release on retail payment services
PRESS RELEASE - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has completed a comprehensive review of retail payment services in Hong Kong ("the Review"), which was conducted by an internal task force of the HKMA set up in August 2000.
Speech by Joseph Yam, Chief Executive of the HKMA
SPEECH - Speech by Joseph Yam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority at the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers Lunch Talk 24 October.
HKMA's Yam - Catastrophe to drop HK$ peg now
HONG KONG - HKMA chief uses strong words to quash talk of de-pegging from US$ in a speech given on Wednesday.
HKMA exec says no to US$ as Hong Kong's currency
HONG KONG - Hong Kong Monetary Authority Deputy Chief Executive Tony Latter said Monday said there was no need to make the U.S. dollar the city's official currency.
HKMA Quarterly Bulletin (August 2001 Issue)
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today, 30 August, published the latest issue of its Quarterly Bulletin.
HKMA says bankruptcy law changes 'difficult'
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's bankruptcy laws will unlikely be amended despite a sharp rise in the number of people going broke and companies going under, the city's quasi-central bank said 21 August.
The changing landscape of banking in Hong Kong
SPEECH - David Carse, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, gave a speech at the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, Furama Hotel, Hong Kong, luncheon on 15 August.
Consumer protection and the banking industry
SPEECH - Joseph Yam, JP, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, at the Hong Kong Association of Banks' Half-Yearly Dinner, Hong Kong, 19 June.
Senior appointment at HKMA
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong's government's Financial Secretary has approved the appointment of Mr Eddie Yue Wai-man as Executive Director.
HKMA gets green light on HK deposit insurance
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Executive Council has approved in principle a deposit insurance scheme proposal aimed at protecting depositors in the case of bank failures, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on Apr 24.
HKMA official not optimisic about Exchange Fund
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong Monetary Authority official said she was not optimistic about the investment return of the territory's Exchange Fund for 2001 because of volatility in the U.S. stock market.
Permanent accommodation for the HKMA
ARTICLE - Joseph Yam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, in his weekly column on the HKMA website, says that the strong reaction from some politicians about the planned purchase, through the Exchange Fund, of a permanent office for the…
Tsang fights for Exchange Fund independence
HONG KONG - Financial Secretary Donald Tsang has rejected the Democratic Party's request to freeze a Hong Kong Monetary Authority plan to spend HK$4 billion from the Exchange Fund on new offices.
HKMA - Fiscal Reserves and the Exchange Fund
ARTICLE - Joseph Yam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, in his weekly column on the HKMA website explains how the exchange fund and the government's fiscal reserves are managed and invested together, while emphasising that they are two…
HK to fully deregulate interest rates in July 2001
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said Apr 9, 2001 the territory's interest rates will be fully liberalized when the deregulation that covers Hong Kong dollar savings and current accounts goes ahead as scheduled July 3.
The Adequacy of Hong Kong's Foreign Reserves
HONG KONG - Experience suggests that Hong Kong needs considerably more in foreign reserves than the bare theoretical minimum to maintain currency stability, says Joseph Yam, chief exexcutive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in his weekly viewpoint…
Hong Kong Exchange Fund results for the year 2000
HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced on Mar 30, 2001 the operating results of the Exchange Fund for the year 2000, with profits hit by a volatile investment environment.
HKMA Joseph Yam updates his cyberfable
HONG KONG - In March 2000, Joseph Yam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, presented the first part of his popular satirical internet story. In his weekly viewpoint column published on the HKMA website today, Yam brings up to date with…
HKMA to buy office space rather than rent
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's quasi central bank on Mar 29, 2001 defended a plan to buy 14 floors in a building in the city's center for its new offices, saying the move will be cheaper than to continue renting.