Hong Kong will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on gold market cooperation with Laos, as part of Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu’s trip to Southeast Asian countries, the government said.
Hui departed in the afternoon for his visit to Vientiane, Laos, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and will be back on Thursday, according to a statement on Sunday.
During the journey, he will sign the gold MoU with the Ministry of Finance of Laos, and witness the signing of MOUs by financial regulators and an enterprise with Lao and Malaysian counterparts.
He will also call on government financial officials of the two countries, meet with representatives from the business sectors and visit a number of financial institutions, the statement said.