Name: Is Hong Kong still a bridge between East and West?
Uploaded: 2020-09-30
Duration: 1 min 39 s
Description: HKEX chair Laura Cha describes ‘a ‘difficult situation’.

 CLAIRE ZILLMAN: I think everywhere has really had-- it's an understatement to say it's an extraordinary year. But Hong Kong, especially, has not only experienced the coronavirus but has also dealt with months of protests, and then this new national security law that went into place just a few months ago. All of that news has really prompted people to question the future of Hong Kong as this bridge between the East and the West. How do you see the future of the city taking shape and, especially, as it relates to the markets? LAURA CHA: First of all, I think there are people, of course, have questions about all the events that has taken place. And like everybody else, we are trying to weather it. We are trying to go through it as well as we can. It is no question a difficult situation for Hong Kong. We have to navigate between the East and the West. And we do see that we will continue to play a very important role, especially in the current tension between the US and China. Hong Kong remained an excellent connector. Our role has not changed. People may have question, and I think those questions are being answered. But by and large, our market is solid. Our fundamentally, we are an attractive market. Operationally, we're resilient. We are stable. We're steady. And that's why we continue to attract investors to our markets. 

HKEX chair Laura Cha describes ‘a ‘difficult situation’.