Public Education Events

To reach out to the community and raise public awareness of the HKMA’s work, the HKMA organises public education seminars for secondary school students and teachers every year. Topics covered in the seminars include the Linked Exchange Rate System, Hong Kong banknotes, banking stability, etc.

The HKMA Information Centre, consisting of an exhibition area and a library, is an important resource for introducing the work of the HKMA to the community and promoting public awareness of monetary and banking matters.

The Hong Kong Liberal Studies Financial Literacy Championship 2020 is organised by iknow of Hong Kong Economic Journal Company Limited, co-organised by the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, supported by Hong Kong Education City Limited, partnered with St. James’ Settlement and sponsored by Visa. It aims at sharing the convenience and benefits brought by FinTech with young people, thus helping them make the best use of technology to manage wealth and plan for the future.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority collaborated with the Child Education Centre for Teaching and Learning of the Department of Childcare, Elderly and Community Services of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin) to launch the Kiddie-Family Moneyland education programme as pre-school education. The objectives of the programme are to disseminate the “proper and responsible” money management value to the pre-school institutions and nurture the children with proper money management concept and attitude. The programme aims to establish a comprehensive money management concept among the children and the families, and set a solid foundation for the next generation of young people.

“Build a Secure Cyberspace” is an annual promotion campaign on information security jointly organised by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre since 2005. It aims to arouse the public awareness on information security through a series of promotional activities, including conducting thematic seminars and organising various contests.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched the Faster Payment System (FPS) on 17 September 2018. It enables the public to make instant cross-bank/e-wallet funds transfers anytime, anywhere with the use of mobile number or email address of the payee. The launch of the FPS has promoted innovation in financial technology, and provided greater convenience and new experience of electronic payment to the public."