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Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, at a media session after attending a radio programme today (June 18):
Reporter: Regarding the Causeway Bay bookseller incident, do you think it will affect investor confidence in Hong Kong?
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury: I don't think it will affect investor confidence per se. No, I don't think so. Well of course, as with some other sort of Hong Kong news, a lot of international press have a lot of interest in what's happening in this international city. So I think it's very important for us, of course, to explain to them what's going on and to be clear about Hong Kong's political and legal systems. I think what investors really want to know is whether Hong Kong can uphold our rule of law and open market, which of course is undoubtedly something that we absolutely can do.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Saturday, June 18, 2016
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