HKMA demonstrates potential of tokenisation to corporate treasury community
The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) organised a seminar on Corporate Treasury x Tokenisation: The Hong Kong Advantage in Action earlier this week. This event was the first one organised by HKMA in recent years specifically targeting at corporate treasurers and relevant stakeholders. Over 150 participants attended the event, including representatives from about 50 corporates, 30 financial institutions, and various treasury associations.
Tokenisation holds the potential to enhance efficiency and reduce transaction cost, and is gradually gaining attention among corporate treasurers. As such, the HKMA organised this seminar to demonstrate recent use cases of the technology in corporate treasury operations with a view to enriching practitioners' knowledge in the field and encouraging the industry to join HKMA's initiatives, such as Project Ensemble which aims at fostering the development of Hong Kong's tokenisation ecosystem, as well as to consider issuing tokenised bonds through leveraging HKMA's support measures.
During the event, participants exchanged views in two lively panel conversations covering the Project Ensemble use cases for real-time treasury management, and leveraging tokenisation in bond issuance and trade finance. Panellists generally shared the view that the potential associated with tokenisation is immense, and welcomed the ongoing efforts to promote greater market adoption of the technology, thereby bringing a larger and more active ecosystem.
Following this event, the HKMA will follow up with corporate treasury centres (CTCs) which have indicated interest in the field of tokenisation with a view to exploring plans for future collaboration. In line with the Government's Action Plan to Promote the Development of CTCs in Hong Kong announced yesterday (June 9), the HKMA will also engage CTCs on other topics of interest so as to promote their use of Hong Kong's financial platform and obtain market feedback.
HKMA demonstrates potential of tokenisation to corporate treasury community Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
HKMA demonstrates potential of tokenisation to corporate treasury community Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Hospital Authority statement on intern doctor's inappropriate act
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority (HA) today (June 10) issued the following statement regarding social media posts discussing an intern doctor:
The HA is aware of recent social media posts concerning the inappropriate act of an intern doctor across different hospitals. The HA considers the matter extremely serious, affecting the professional image of healthcare staff.
The HA spokesperson reiterates that there is zero tolerance for any behaviour undermining patient safety and the professional conduct of doctors. Action has been taken to follow up rigorously to safeguard patient safety. The HA strongly condemns any inappropriate act concerned.
Regarding the suspicions of someone who logged into the Clinical Management System at Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) with another person's account and accessed patient records at Tuen Mun Hospital without authorisation, the HA has reported to the Police. The HA will co-operate fully with the police investigation and is conducting a comprehensive review of the relevant patient records to ascertain that patient safety has not been affected. No irregularities in patient treatment have been identified at this stage. The HA has immediately suspended the clinical duties of the intern doctor concerned and a resident doctor at Tuen Mun Hospital, and has also suspended their access right to the system in order to protect patient and system security.
The HA had previously seriously warned the intern doctor concerned for an inappropriate act committed during an internship at Ruttonjee Hospital, and had already taken disciplinary action against the intern doctor concerned and another resident doctor for inappropriate acts at CMC. The HA will continue to investigate whether the intern doctor concerned is involved in any other inappropriate act. If it is confirmed that the intern doctor concerned or any other doctor has engaged in an inappropriate act that violates medical professional standards, the HA will handle the matter seriously and refer it to the Medical Council of Hong Kong for follow-up.
The HA has notified the medical school of the relevant university to follow up on the intern doctor's assessment of being fit for practice.
The HA holds doctors to the highest standards of professional conduct, behaviour, and discipline. The HA insists that all doctors serving patients in public hospitals must possess both medical competence and conduct themselves in a professional manner. In addition to having professional knowledge to treat patients, they must uphold the strictest professional conduct and place patient well-being, safety, and care as their foremost priority at all times. The HA has absolutely zero tolerance for any form of behaviour that undermines the professional conduct of doctors. The HA will follow up on such behaviour with utmost seriousness, and will not permit any doctors concerned to practise in public hospitals to safeguard patient safety.
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