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When does an accident arise “out of and in the course of employment”?

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 31 2012

Employers often require a mobile workforce and many employees from Hong Kong are expected to travel to the Mainland and other locations as part of their duties

Government intends to introduce the Competition Bill

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 4 2010

Having postponed the introduction of the Competition Bill in April 2009, the Hong Kong Government has recently re-affirmed that it intends to introduce the bill to the Legislative Council in the 200910 legislative session

Framework for mutual recognition of electronic signature certificates takes effect

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 14 2009

The Suggestions on the Framework for the Mutual Recognition of Electronic Signature Certificates Issued by Hong Kong and Guangdong (the Framework Suggestions) were recently signed and came into effect

Streamlined licensing regime for service-based public telecommunications services

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 12 2010

The new single, streamlined licensing regime for regulation of all service-based public telecommunications services took effect on 30 October 2009

Major consultation exercise for data privacy law

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 21 2009

The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (PDPO), the data privacy law in Hong Kong, has been in effect since the end of 1996

Plans to widen law on digital copyright underway

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 25 2010

The Hong Kong Government has proposed to relax the rules on "media shifting", which is the common practice of ripping music CDs to MP3 format for use in digital music players such as an iPod

Competition Bill ready for legislative session

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 22 2010

The Competition Policy Advisory Group has said that the Government is working towards the introduction of the Competition Bill in the legislature during the 2009-2010 legislative session

Privacy Commissioner responds to consultation

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 10 2010

In view of the Consultation Document on Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the Consultation Document) released by the Government on 29 August 2009, which contained proposals which are generally more moderate than those originally proposed by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), the PCPD recently issued its responses to some of the most significant proposals in the Consultation Document as set out below

Hong Kong announces Competition Bill

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • August 31 2010

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has published the Competition Bill 2010 (the Bill) in the Government Gazette

New United Kingdom-Hong Kong Double Taxation Agreement brings planning possibilities

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 15 2010

Until now, there has been no comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement ("DTA") between the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, so businesses and individuals will welcome the fact that a first full DTA was signed on 21 June 2010

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