Hong Kong is more entrepreneurial, open and diverse than Singapore, finance chief Paul Chan tells US businesses


Hong Kong is more entrepreneurial, open and diverse than Singapore, the city’s finance chief has told US business leaders during his visit to the country as he looks to lure companies eyeing expansion to mainland China and North Asia markets.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also witnessed the signing of a deal between the Hong Kong government arm dedicated to attracting investment and a United States business association to promote bilateral trade between the city and the San Francisco Bay Area at a lunch on Tuesday.

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