Chief Executive John Lee, who led a delegation from Hong Kong and mainland China to the Middle East, arrived in Kuwait after Qatar to continue his visit.

Summing up his visit to Qatar, Lee said that 35 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and agreements covering areas such as trade & investment promotion, finance, transportation & logistics and innovation & technology were reached between the Hong Kong Association of Banks and Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry; as well as STANCHART (02888.HK)  -0.200 (-0.168%)    Short selling $743.57K; Ratio 5.435%   and FOSUN INTL (00656.HK)  +0.040 (+0.948%)    Short selling $449.90K; Ratio 14.397%   , etc..

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Mary Huen, CEO of Hong Kong, Greater China and North Asia at Stanchart and Chairperson of the Hong Kong Association of Banks that accompanied the delegation, said in an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) that Qatari is interested in the internationalization of RMB, innovation and technology and others. For example, Hong Kong has sufficient RMB support facilities, while the local authorities are very interested in the information on Hong Kong's RMB capital pool and others, and would like to further discuss the matter.
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