PRESS RELEASE

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui (right), and the Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr Bakyt Tolomushevich Sydykov (left), signed on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Government of Kyrgyz Republic respectively a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement today (March 2). Photo shows Mr Hui and Mr Sydykov at the signing ceremony.