Hong Kong Investment Chief Promotes Business Opportunities in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur

Director-General of Investment Promotion visits Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to promote Hong Kong's business opportunities

​The Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), Ms Alpha Lau, has commenced her duty visit to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today (November 3) as part of the latest efforts to promote Hong Kong's business opportunities.

During the visit, Ms Lau will meet with potential companies from various sectors, including business and professional services, creative industries, family offices, financial services, innovation and technology, and tourism and hospitality, to discuss their plans to set up or expand in Hong Kong. She will also meet with representatives of local government organisations and business communities to explore collaboration opportunities on investment promotion between Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Ms Lau will speak at two events organised by the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to provide the latest updates on the current business environment in Hong Kong. The Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Singapore, Mr Owin Fung, will also join the event. Before heading to Kuala Lumpur, Ms Lau will attend the FinTech Festival 2024 in Singapore.

The highlight of the visit is a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) seminar in Kuala Lumpur hosted by InvestHK and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Development Office on November 8, to encourage Malaysian companies to tap into business opportunities in the GBA via Hong Kong. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia is also a co-organiser of the event.

At the seminar, the Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Ms Maisie Chan, will deliver opening remarks, followed by a keynote address delivered by Ms Lau. Representatives of Malaysian companies that have established in Hong Kong and the GBA will also be sharing their insights with the participants. The Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta, Miss Libera Cheng, will also join the event.

FEHD highly concerned about illegal sale of food such as meat by unlicensed hawkers

In response to a media report on the illegal sale of food items like meat by unlicensed hawkers on Tak Tai Path, Kwai Chung, a spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (November 4) said that the department has deep concern and has taken prompt action to combat these illegal acts in order to safeguard public health and food safety.

The FEHD spokesman said that during an enforcement operation in August this year, the FEHD staff arrested an unlicensed hawker for selling frozen meat and sushi illegally. In addition, they arrested three unlicensed hawkers for selling second-hand goods at the same location last week. To prevent similar irregularities, the FEHD has strengthened inspections at the location. Furthermore, the FEHD will organise special operations and conduct blitz inspections at locations across the territory that have frequent illegal hawking activities. The FEHD will take stringent enforcement actions against the illegal sale of food by hawkers. The FEHD also encourages members of the public to report hawkers selling suspicious food to the department.

The spokesman emphasised that under the Food Business Regulation (Cap. 132X), any person who sells restricted food (including frozen meat, sashimi and sushi) without permission commits an offence and is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction. No one should defy the law. The spokesman reminded members of the public that consuming food from unknown sources and expired food, particularly high-risk food like meat, sashimi and sushi, may pose serious food safety risks. Members of the public should refrain from patronising illegal hawkers when purchasing any food.