A new Securities and Futures Bill was passed recently bringing Hong Kong in line with international practice and enhancing its role as leading fund-raising centre in the Asia-Pacific region. (full story)

Novel video screen technology developed by Hong Kong-based Lighthouse Technologies Ltd is bringing a new focus to advertising at sports arenas and stadiums around the world. (full story)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong and southern China are engines of growth for e-commerce, according to Kurt E. Cavano, chief executive of US-based TradeCard, a financial supply chain service that aligns the documentary and financial aspects of trade transactions within a secure, encrypted environment. (full story)

Biotechnology start-up company Kinetana Hong Kong Herbal Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which uses state-of-the-art technology to identify and quantify the active ingredients in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM), looks set to play an important role in promoting Hong Kong as a regional centre for modernising TCM. (full story)