RTHK Hosts Shanghai Showcase to Promote Cantopop and Cultural Ties with Hong Kong

RTHK stages "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" promoting Shanghai - Hong Kong cultural exchange through music

Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) today (July 23) held the "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" in Shanghai, comprising a three-week RTHK Vinyl Pop Up and an evening Cantopop party, showcasing Hong Kong's strong musical soft power and further promoting cultural exchanges and integration between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Director of Broadcasting, Ms Angelina Kwan, said music is a medium that transcends geographical and linguistic boundaries. RTHK hopes to use Cantopop as a bridge, leveraging Hong Kong's unique cultural soft power to deepen cultural ties between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, while also bringing the RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs brand beyond Hong Kong to a wider stage in the Chinese-language music scene.

As a highlight of the event, the RTHK Vinyl Pop Up showcases a collection of treasured items from RTHK's music archive, including about 130 classic vinyl records from different eras, as well as trophies and programme booklets from past editions of Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards. The exhibition features an audiovisual zone and a photo zone, offering visitors an immersive experience to relive the development of Hong Kong popular music. Visitors can write song requests and messages, with selected entries to be read out on RTHK programmes such as "Music Lover" and have a chance to win attractive prizes.

The RTHK Vinyl Pop Up will run from tomorrow (July 24) to August 13 at WYSH, Changning District, Shanghai. Opening hours are 10am to 7pm from Monday to Friday, and 10am to 8.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free.

The "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" is co-organised by RTHK, the Shanghai Hong Kong Association, the Shanghai Fraternity Association and the Federation of Hong Kong - Shanghai Associations, with the Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association as the guiding unit and Dragon Television as the media partner. Co-organisers include K Wah International Holdings Limited and the Shanghai Defa International Trading Co, Ltd. Supporting organisations include the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Shanghai Public Relations Association, the Shanghai Changning Overseas Friendship Association, the Shanghai Xuhui Overseas Chinese Friendship Association, the United Prospect Elite Association, the Hong Kong - Shanghai Youth Association, the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd, IFPI (Hong Kong Group), the Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance Limited and the Hong Kong Record Merchants Association.

RTHK stages "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" promoting Shanghai - Hong Kong cultural exchange through music Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

RTHK stages "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" promoting Shanghai - Hong Kong cultural exchange through music Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

RTHK stages "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" promoting Shanghai - Hong Kong cultural exchange through music Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

RTHK stages "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs - Shanghai Gold Songs Showcase" promoting Shanghai - Hong Kong cultural exchange through music Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Results of 1-year RMB HKSAR Institutional Government Bonds tender through re-opening

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), as representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSAR Government), announced that a tender of 1-year RMB institutional Government Bonds through the re-opening of existing Government Bond (issue number 02GB2705001) under the Infrastructure Bond Programme was held today (July 23).

A total of RMB0.75 billion 1-year Government Bonds were offered today. A total of RMB6.628 billion tender applications were received. The bid-to-cover ratio, i.e. the ratio of bonds applied for to bonds issued, is 8.84. The average price accepted is 100.34, implying an annualised yield of 1.286 per cent.

HKSAR Institutional Government Bonds Tender Results

Tender results of 1-year RMB HKSAR Institutional Government Bonds:

Tender Date	:	July23, 2026
Issue Number	:	02GB2705001 (Re-open)
Stock Code	:	85010 (HKGB1.71 2705-R)
Issue and Settlement Date	:	July27, 2026
Tenor	:	1 year
Maturity Date	:	May17, 2027
Coupon Rate	:	1.71 per cent
Amount Applied	:	RMB6.628 billion
Amount Allotted	:	RMB0.75 billion
Bid-to-Cover Ratio*	:	8.84
Average Price Accepted (Yield)	:	100.34 (1.286per cent (Note))
Lowest Price Accepted (Yield)	:	100.34 (1.288per cent (Note))
Pro-rata Ratio	:	About 61 per cent
Average Tender Price (Yield)	:	100.26 (1.387per cent (Note))

*Calculated as the amount of bonds applied for over the amount of bonds issued.

Note:The yields stated above are annualised yields. For reference, the semi-annualised yields corresponding to the average price accepted, lowest price accepted, and average tender price are 1.282 per cent, 1.284 per cent, and 1.382per cent respectively.

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