Ceremony Dinner for the Launch of “Shanghai-Hong Kong Gold Connect”

I was honor to be invited by Mr. Dicky Lo (Chief Executive, The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society Charity Fund Limited) for the dinner of the Joint Ceremony to Celebrate the Inauguration of the 44th Term Executive & Supervisory Committees of CGSE, the 105th Anniversary of CGSE and the Launch of “Shanghai-Hong Kong Gold Connect”. The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE) founded in 1910 and is the sole exchange in Hong Kong which trades physical gold and silver, and operates in pursuance of section 3 of Chapter 82 of Laws of Hong Kong, under which its operation as a commodity exchange is legally exempted.

The Officiating Guest included The Honourable John C Tsang, GBM, JP (Financial Secretary, HKSAR Government).

Mr. John C Tsang said thank for CGSE contribution to Hong Kong economics and it was also an opportunity to contribution on internationalization of RMB( Ren Min Bi).

The ceremony of the launch of “Shanghai-Hong Kong Gold Connect” performed and then the first day transaction of Gold was ONE ton and cost RMB 230M (2.3億人民幣)!

There are almost 100 tables.

Finally, I would like to introduce CGSE’s “Hong Kong Precious Metals Assay Centre” established in 2010, which obtained the HOKLAS accreditation and has conducted course on “Certificate in Gold and Silver Market” in collaboration with the Hong Kong Securities Institute and published “Study Learning Manual” to enhance practitioners’ professional knowledge about precious metals markets and their integrity.

Reference:
CGSE - http://www.cgse.com.hk/cn/
Hong Kong Precious Metals Assay Centre Limited (HOKLAS 234) - http://www.itc.gov.hk/en/quality/hkas/doc/scopes/234.pdf