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The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui (second left), and the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to China, Ms Koula Sophianou (first right), have a bilateral meeting today (June 12). Mr Hui highlights to Ms Sophianou the advantages of Hong Kong as an international financial centre and its latest developments, including its rise to become the world's largest cross-boundary wealth management centre and the efforts made to build an international gold trading market in Hong Kong.