Company directors

Company filings and directors' addresses in Hong Kong

12 Jun 2013

Just before Easter the government announced that those sections of the Companies Ordinance 2012 that restrict public access to company director residential addresses and full identification card...

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Watchdog chief slams shelving of privacy law

3 Apr 2013

Privacy commissioner Allan Chiang Yam-wang has expressed his disappointment in the government's decision to shelve a controversial law restricting public access to company directors' personal...

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Moves to bring more women on board as company directors

5 Mar 2013

With International Women's Day this Friday, it is time to review prospects for our women business leaders.

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Rule on disclosure of company directors' data seeks balance

17 Feb 2013

Ever since the news broke last month that changes would be made to the Companies Ordinance that would make it harder for the media to obtain the personal data of company directors, the liberal...

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Corporate crusader David Webb exposes 'secrets' in fight against director rule

13 Feb 2013

The launching of the list - which included the two sons of tycoon Li Ka-shing, Victor Li Tzar-kuoi and Richard Li Tzar-kai, as well as Sun Hung Kai Properties chairman Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and...

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No good can come of new company director rule

13 Feb 2013

The proposals to restrict disclosure of directors' residential addresses and identity card numbers will compromise the principle of limited liability, which has been a central principle of modern...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Whistle-blowing vital in a democracy

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Journalists firm on gaining full access to data

Journalists have rejected a counter-offer by the government over the proposal to bar access to key personal information of company directors, insisting on the status quo of unlimited access for...

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Directors' privacy is a direct attack on the public interest

Yesterday's South China Morning Post carried a full page petition signed by 1,768 journalists protesting against the Hong Kong government's plans to restrict public access to information about...

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'Privacy law will breed corruption' warns journalists' union

The Hong Kong Journalists Association has taken out a full-page advertisement in the South China Morning Post and similar ads in other newspapers warning "secrecy breeds corruption" and listing...

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PRIVACY

SMEs join chorus of concern over hiding of directors' identity

The changes to the Companies Registry, set to start next year, will also hinder researchers studying possible collusion between officials and industry power brokers, academics say.

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THE INSIDER ROBERT HALILI

Director deals rise again but value sharply down

Director dealing in their own company shares was active for a third straight session last week, with 182 transactions worth HK$164 million reported to the stock exchange for the week from January...

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PRESS FREEDOM

Journalists slam move to hide directors' data from public

Proposed changes to hide company directors and secretaries' personal details - home addresses and full ID numbers - from the public are an affront to press freedom, the city's journalist groups...

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