| Capital Investment Entrants Scheme (CIES) |
| This was launched by HKSAR Government to facility the entry for residence through capital investment into permissible assets without the need to establish or join in a business.
The threshold of investment (and Net Assets/New Equity requirement) for admission to Hong Kong under CIES is raised from HK$6.5 million to HK$10 million on October 13, 2010. Also real estate is suspended temporally as a class of Permissible Investment Asset (PIA) under the CIES. |
| Permissible Investment Asset Classes are: |
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Equities |
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Debt securities |
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Certificates of Deposits |
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Subordinated debt |
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Eligible Collective Investment Schemes |
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| The Scheme is applicable to |
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foreign nationals (except nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Cuba and Democratic People's Republic of Korea); |
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Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) residents; |
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Chinese nationals who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country; |
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Stateless persons who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country with proven re-entry facilities; and Taiwan residents |
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