COMPANIES REGISTRY TRADING FUND
- CHAPTER 430B

COMPANIES REGISTRY TRADING FUND - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
(L.N. 249 of 1993)

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council under sections 3, 4 
and 6 of the Trading Funds Ordinance (Cap 430) on 30 June 1993.

RESOLVED that with effect from 1 August 1993-

        (a)	on the recommendation of the Financial Secretary, the Companies 
Registry Trading Fund ("the trading fund") shall be established to manage 
and account for the operation of the government service of the Companies 
Registry;

        (b)	the services to be provided under the trading fund shall be 
those specified in Schedule 1;

        (c)	the assets set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 shall, subject to 
any term specified opposite an asset in column 3 of that Schedule, be 
appropriated to the trading fund;

        (d)	the net value of the assets of $415.16 m. appropriated to the 
trading fund shall be shown in the Capital Investment Fund-

        (i)	as to $276.70 m., as a loan;

        (ii)	as to the balance, as a contribution of trading fund capital;

        (e)	the load referred to in paragraph (d)(i)-

        (i)	shall be repayable in 10 equal annual instalments of $27.67 m. 
each, the first such instalment to become due on 1 August 1994;

        (ii)	shall, as to any balance unpaid, bear interest at a rate equal 
to the average of the best lending rate quoted by the continuing members 
of the Committee of The Hong Kong Association of Banks, such interest to 
be payable annually in arrear.
(Enacted 1993)



COMPANIES REGISTRY TRADING FUND - SCHEDULE 1
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE TRADING FUND VerDate:01/12/2006



[paragraph (b)]

1.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Companies 
Ordinance (Cap 32), including facilitating the incorporation of new 
companies and maintaining registers of companies and charges.

2.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Limited 
Partnerships Ordinance (Cap 37), including maintaining the register of 
limited partnerships.

3.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of Part VIII of the 
Trustee Ordinance (Cap 29), including maintaining the Register of Trust 
Companies.

4.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Registered 
Trustees Incorporation Ordinance (Cap 306), including maintaining the 
register of incorporated trustees.

5.	Making available, where the Registrar of Companies is so 
required or permitted by law, information registered or filed with the 
Registrar.

6.	Monitoring the adequacy of the regulatory framework embodied in 
any Ordinance referred to in this Schedule and in other Ordinances where 
the Registrar of Companies has been specified, and advising the Government 
on any need for change.

6A.	Supporting the Financial Reporting Council established by 
section 6(1) of the Financial Reporting Council Ordinance (Cap 588) in the 
performance of its functions by—

        (a)	providing the service of the Registrar of Companies as an ex 
officio member of the Council; and

        (b)	making contributions, whether in cash or in kind, to sponsor 
the performance by the Council of any of its functions.

(18 of 2006 s. 82)

7.	Any service that the Registrar of Companies may be authorized to 
provide under or by virtue of any other Ordinance.

8.	Providing advice or information on any matter that lies within 
the expertise of the Registrar of Companies.

9.	Any service incidental to or conducive to the provision of any 
of the services specified in this Schedule.
(Enacted 1993)



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[paragraph (b)]

1.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Companies 
Ordinance (Cap 32), including facilitating the incorporation of new 
companies and maintaining registers of companies and charges.

2.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Limited 
Partnerships Ordinance (Cap 37), including maintaining the register of 
limited partnerships.

3.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of Part VIII of the 
Trustee Ordinance (Cap 29), including maintaining the Register of Trust 
Companies.

4.	Administering and enforcing the provisions of the Registered 
Trustees Incorporation Ordinance (Cap 306), including maintaining the 
register of incorporated trustees.

5.	Making available, where the Registrar of Companies is so 
required or permitted by law, information registered or filed with the 
Registrar.

6.	Monitoring the adequacy of the regulatory framework embodied in 
any Ordinance referred to in this Schedule and in other Ordinances where 
the Registrar of Companies has been specified, and advising the Government 
on any need for change.

7.	Any service that the Registrar of Companies may be authorized to 
provide under or by virtue of any other Ordinance.

8.	Providing advice or information on any matter that lies within 
the expertise of the Registrar of Companies.

9.	Any service incidental to or conducive to the provision of any 
of the services specified in this Schedule.
(Enacted 1993)



COMPANIES REGISTRY TRADING FUND - SCHEDULE 2
ASSETS VerDate:30/06/1997



[paragraph (c)]

Item	Description	Terms
1.	Parts of the building known as Queensway Government Offices, namely-
	(a) the whole of the 13th, 14th and 15th floors;
	(b) those parts of the 1st floor of the Low Block and the 12th, 17th and 
30th floors of the High Block as shown on the document marked 
"Accommodation Plan of Companies Registry" dated 4 June 1993 and kept by 
the Registrar of Companies.	Not to be disposed of unless the approval of the 
Financial Secretary has first been obtained.
2.	All furniture and equipment under the control of the Registrar of 
Companies on 1 August 1993, as set out in the document marked "Inventory 
of Furniture and Equipment of the Companies Registry" kept by the 
Registrar of Companies.	
3.	Office car registered number AM 123.	
4.	Capitalized setting-up costs.	
(Enacted 1993)