SFC to Move to Chater House

16 Jun 2003



The SFC will move its office to Chater House at the end of June. We are working towards a smooth relocation, with a view to maintaining the Commission's normal operations and continuously providing quality services to market participants and the investing public as far as possible.

New Address

With effect from 30 June 2003 (Monday), the SFC's new business address will be:

8th Floor, Chater House
8 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong

Telephone and Fax Numbers Remain Unchanged

ALL telephone and fax numbers will remain unchanged during and after the removal, including the main telephone line, fax line, Investor Hotline and the SFC Infoline:

Telephone              : (852) 2842 7666

Fax                         : (852) 2521 7836

Investor Hotline     : (852) 2840 9333

SFC Infoline           : (852) 2840 9393 (For general and intermediaries related information)

Temporary Interruption of Telephone Services

Our office relocation will be conducted in phases and telephone services will be temporarily affected.

The Investor Hotline and SFC Infoline will be interrupted for four hours this weekend:

Affected Hotline Services

Time of Interruption

From

To

Investor Hotline SFC Infoline

2:00pm, 21 June

6:00pm, 21 June


Calls to individual SFC Divisions and Departments will also be interrupted in the coming weekends and public holiday:

Affected Divisions & Departments

Time of Interruption

From

To

Corporate Finance
Enforcement
Supervision of Markets
Investor Education & Communications

5:00 pm, 20 June

9:00 am, 23 June

Chairman’s Office
Intermediaries & Investment Products
Legal Services
Corporate Communications

5:00 pm, 27 June

9:00 am, 30 June

Human Resources/Training and Development
Finance & Administration
Information Technology

5:00 pm, 30 June

9:00 am, 2 July


During the above periods, our Voice Mail system will remain activated to record all incoming telephone messages. 

Website and Email Addresses Remain Unchanged

The addresses of the SFC's corporate website and the Electronic Investor Resources Centre (eIRC) website will remain unchanged, as will all email addresses:

SFC website           : www.hksfc.org.hk

eIRC                       : www.hkeirc.org

General Enquiries  : enquiry@hksfc.org.hk

SFO Enquiries  : sfoenquiry@hksfc.org.hk (For enquiries on the Securities and Futures Ordinance)

Investor Enquiries  : investor.info@hksfc.org.hk (For investor enquiries and complaints)

Updated Forms for Intermediaries

Licensing forms and questionnaires made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance that carry the SFC’s address will be updated. It is expected that the relevant amendments to these forms and questionnaires will be gazetted by 20 June. Market participants will then be able to download the revised forms from the SFC website.

The SFC will make further announcements should there be additional updates on its office removal.

Ends




Page last updated 16 Jun 2003