Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) is offering investors more choices in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) with the listing of the market's first global and regional equity ETFs today (Wednesday), and the listing of the first ETFs on US equities (Nasdaq stocks) and commodities next week.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has upgraded the news alert service available through the Investment Service Centre (ISC) on the HKEx website, and it is working with Exchange Participants to promote the upgraded service.

Three sets of compact disks (CDs) on listed issuer corporate document archives recently released for sale by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited are now available for public subscription.

UFIDA, China's largest software company, today announced that it is building upon its successful partnership with IBM to expand its presence into new, global markets.

Renee Fleming, the most sought-after star soprano in the world today, will appear on Hong Kong's concert stage for the first time. She will sing Richard Strauss's famous Four Last Songs and three orchestral songs with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Atherton.

The GEM Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited censures the following parties for breaching the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited:

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and Abu Dhabi Securities Market today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation and the exchange of information.

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited announces that effective from the date of this announcement, the Company will be put into the third stage of the Delisting Procedures. Pursuant to the Delisting Procedures, the Company will be given a final period of six months for the submission of a viable resumption proposal to the Exchange.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited will abolish the Main Board requirement for paid announcements on Monday 25 June this year when it launches the new regime for electronic dissemination of regulatory information (the Electronic Disclosure Project).

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the unclaimed final dividend for 2000 will be forfeited and will revert to the company on 3 May 2007.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited published a consultation paper on the introduction of a closing auction session for securities to invite market views and comments.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, has won re-election. The election result was pre-ordained by the Chinese government in Beijing, but participants say the campaign might have pushed the former British colony somewhat closer to true democracy. VOA's Barry Kalb reports from Hong Kong.