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Transcriptions. Central Market is a fresh food market in Central, Hong Kong and the first wet market in the city. It is one of only two existing Bauhaus market buildings in Hong Kong, the other one being Wan Chai Market. [1] After years of disuse, it was reopened to the public on Aug 23, 2021 as a new centre for retailers, eateries and public ...
A Sincere store in Central, Hong Kong, circa 1941. Founded by Ma Ying-piu on 8 January 1900 after returning from Australia [2] and partnership with others to form the first Chinese department store in then British Hong Kong. [3] Ma was inspired by his experience with retail stores in Sydney. [4] and modelled Sincere after David Jones. [5]
History. Founded in 1945, Wellcome is Hong Kong's longest-established supermarket chain. Since 1964, the company has been wholly owned by Dairy Farm International Holdings following the merger with rival supermarket Dairy Lane. Wellcome has an overall staff of 5,000 in more than 240 stores and serves more than 14 million customers every month.
Central, Hong Kong. Central (Chinese: 中環), also known as Central District, is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula.
InvestHK. Invest Hong Kong ( Chinese: 投資推廣署) is the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for Foreign Direct Investment, supporting overseas businesses to set up and expand in Hong Kong. Founded on 1 July 2000, its first Director General was Michael Rowse . The Investment Officers are organized into nine specialist ...
The region of Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Old Stone Age, later becoming part of the Chinese Empire with its loose incorporation into the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). Starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port and eventually a major international financial center.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority ( HKMA) ( Chinese: 香港 金融 管理 局; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 gam1 jung4 gun2 lei5 guk2) is Hong Kong's central banking institution. It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 when the Office of the Exchange Fund and the Office of the Commissioner of Banking merged. The organisation reports ...
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is the independent statutory body charged with regulating the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. The SFC is responsible for fostering an orderly securities and futures markets, to protect investors and to help promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre and a key financial market in Asia.