Companies Registry - Publications and Press Releases

13 May 2012
(Capital duty to be abolished from June)

16 March 2012
(Order to abolish capital duty gazetted)

14 March 2012
(Fraudulent Websites)

9 March 2012
(Public alerted to fraudulent websites)

25 January 2012
(E-Registry speeds up company incorporation process)

8 January 2012
(Record high of newly-registered local companies last year)

6 December 2011
(Government launches consultation on simplified reporting by private companies under Companies Bill)

24 October 2011
(Standing Committee on Company Law Reform publishes annual report)

19 October 2011
(Companies Registry Trading Fund publishes 2010-11 annual report)

17 July 2011
(Number of companies registered passes 900,000)

18 March 2011
(Electronic Incorporation Service launched today (with photos))

14 January 2011
(Companies Bill gazetted today)

13 January 2011
(Record high of local companies registered last year)

9 December 2010
(Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 facilitates electronic communications by companies)

29 November 2010
(Standing Committee on Company Law Reform publishes annual report)

27 October 2010
(Companies Registry Trading Fund publishes 2009-10 annual report)

25 October 2010
(Conclusions of Second Phase Consultation on Draft Companies Bill released)

3 September 2010
(1,500,000^th company incorporated in Hong Kong (with photo))

30 August 2010
(Conclusions of first phase consultation on Draft Companies Bill released)

11 July 2010
(Number of companies registered hits record high)

7 July 2010
(LegCo passes Companies (Amendment) Bill 2010)

7 May 2010
(Government launches second phase consultation on draft Companies Bill )

28 January 2010
(Record high of new companies registered last year)

22 January 2010
(Companies (Amendment) Bill 2010 and Business Registration (Amendment) Bill 2010 gazetted)

17 December 2009
(Government launches first phase consultation on draft Companies Bill)

27 November 2009
(Standing Committee on Company Law Reform publishes annual report)

21 September 2009
(Electronic incorporation in the pipeline to facilitate company registration (with photo))

2 February 2009
(Third consultation conclusions on Companies Ordinance rewrite released)

10 December 2008
(Conclusions on 2nd public consultation on Companies Ordinance rewrite)

1 December 2008
(New centre provides one-stop service for company incorporation and business registration (with photo))

26 June 2008
(Third consultation on Companies Ordinance rewrite launched)

16 May 2008
(New forms to streamline incorporation procedures for local companies)

2 April 2008
(Second Public Consultation on Companies Ordinance Rewrite)