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New centre provides one-stop service for company
incorporation and business registration (with photo)
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A new Receipt and Despatch Centre, operated by the Business Registration
Office of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), was jointly opened
by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Mrs Alice Lau, and the Registrar
of Companies, Ms Ada Chung, today (December 1) to provide one-stop
service for company incorporation and business registration.
The new centre, located on the 13th
Floor of Queensway Government Offices at 66 Queensway, operates
from 9am to 5.30pm from Monday to Friday, except public holidays.
Application for business registration by a company will become much
more convenient with the proximity of the centre to the Companies
Registry (CR).
"With the opening of the new
centre, a company can immediately submit an application for business
registration after obtaining a Certificate of Incorporation from
the CR," a Government spokesman said.
"The company may collect its
Business Registration Certificate at the centre the next working
day or opt to receive it by post. Notifications of changes of business
registration particulars can also be filed with the centre,"
the spokesman said.
"The CR and the IRD have been
exploring ways to streamline company incorporation and business
registration procedures to enhance customer services. The opening
of the centre is one of the initiatives," the spokesman said.
Plans are in the pipeline to introduce
a new e-filing service for company incorporation and document registration
by the end of 2010. The CR has invited tenders to implement Phase
II of the Integrated Companies Registry Information System for the
provision of the above new e-services and integration with the IRD¡¦s
business registration system.
Details of the new Receipt and Despatch
Centre are available on the websites of the IRD (www.ird.gov.hk)
and CR (www.cr.gov.hk).
Ends/Monday, December 1, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:26
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