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Amendments To The Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Rules 2009
Article by Dieter Yih, Mandy Yim, Gigi Wong and
Fiona TaiOriginally Published 5th December 2008New amendments to the Listing Rules in Hong Kong will takeeffect from 1 January 2009, following the publication by the HongKong Stock Exchange ("HKEx") of the ConsultationConclusions on Proposals in the 2008 Combined Consultation Paper("Consultation Conclusions").The Consultation Conclusions are published in response to theCombined Consultation Paper on Proposed Changes to the ListingRules first published in January 2008. The Consultation Conclusionsintroduced amendments to the Rules Governing the Listing ofSecurities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("MainBoard Rules") and the Rules Governing the Listing ofSecurities on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange ofHong Kong Limited ("GEM Rules").The changes to these two sets of rules (together, the"Listing Rules") will be adopted to address policy issuesin relation to corporate governance and initial listing criteria,as well as to improve the clarity, certainty and effic...See the full content of this document

