Electronic Submissions

• In accordance with the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will accept electronic submissions in respect of the following six ordinances :

Cap. 65	Legal Tender Notes Issue Ordinance
Cap. 66	Exchange Fund Ordinance
Cap. 155	Banking Ordinance
Cap. 356	Monetary Statistics Ordinance
Cap. 454	Coinage Ordinance
Cap. 581	Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance

• The electronic submissions should be submitted in one of the following two means :
  1. Through Electronic Mail

     The designated email address of the HKMA for receiving electronic submissions via email is as follows :

     ETR@hkma.gov.hk

  2. In Physical Form

     The electronic submissions in 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM should be sent to the following address :

     55th Floor
     Two International Finance Centre
     8 Finance Street
     Central
     Hong Kong

     Please note that the specifications of 3.5" diskette, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are shown in the Gazette notice issued under section 11(2) of the Elcetronic Transactions Ordinance.

• The general format, manner and procedure for electronic submissions to the HKMA are shown in the Gazette notice issued under section 11(2) of the Elcetronic Transactions Ordinance.
• The electronic submissions should not contain any computer instruction or self-modifying parts.
• The following information should be provided on the first page of the electronic submissions to the HKMA :
  1. the name and the post of the HKMA officer(s) who should receive the submission;
  2. the subject of the submission;
  3. the identity of the issuing person, including the name, the post and the organization;and
  4. the telephone & fax no. as well as the postal address of the issuing person.
• For electronic submissions with digital signatures, the submissions must be encrypted.