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1.媒體來源:
路透社 (Reuters)

2.記者署名
Greg Torode

3.完整新聞標題:
獨家：香港鉅富 因反送中 開始移轉資產至海外
Exclusive: Hong Kong tycoons start moving assets offshore as fears rise over new extradition law

4.完整新聞內文:
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some Hong Kong tycoons have started moving personal wealth offshore as concern
deepens over a local government plan to allow extraditions of suspects to face trial in China for the
first time, according to financial advisers, bankers and lawyers familiar with such transactions.

根據知悉這些鉅額資產轉移的理財顧問、銀行員、律師所透露

One tycoon, who considers himself potentially politically exposed, has started shifting more than
$100 million from a local Citibank account to a Citibank account in Singapore, according to an
adviser involved in the transactions.

有富商，移轉超過上億美金資產，由香港花旗轉到星加坡花旗。

“It’s started. We’re hearing others are doing it, too, but no-one is going to go on parade that
they are leaving,” the adviser said. “The fear is that the bar is coming right down on Beijing’s
ability to get your assets in Hong Kong. Singapore is the favored destination.”

起因於恐懼北京扣押資產

Hong Kong and Singapore compete fiercely to be considered Asia’s premier financial center. The
riches held by Hong Kong’s tycoons have until now made the city the larger base for private wealth,
boasting 853 individuals worth more than $100 million - just over double the number in Singapore -
according to a 2018 report from Credit Suisse.

瑞士信貸調查，香港有 853 位資產破億美金的有錢人，是星加坡的兩倍多

The extradition bill, which will cover Hong Kong residents and foreign and Chinese nationals living
or traveling through the city, has sparked unusually broad concern it may threaten the rule of law
that underpins Hong Kong’s international financial status.

逃犯條例使香港國際金融地位蒙上陰影

Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, has stood by the bill, saying it is necessary to plug
loopholes that allow criminals wanted on the mainland to use the city as a haven. She has said the
courts would safeguard human rights.

港府長官：港府會保護人權

Protests and violence forced an initial legislative debate to be shelved last Wednesday and it is
unclear when they would resume to pass the bill.

群眾示威擱置議案 但未知何時重啟

Professor Simon Young, of the University of Hong Kong’s law school, told Reuters that it was
understandable that some Hong Kong residents might be considering moving assets out of the city
given the little-noticed financial reach of the bill.

港大教授說，香港居民也考慮會無預警撤出資產

If the bill becomes law, it will be possible for mainland Chinese courts to request Hong Kong
courts to freeze and confiscate assets related to crimes committed on the mainland, beyond an
existing provision covering the proceeds of drug offences.

如法案通過，中國法庭有權要求香港法庭凍結犯案港人資產

“This has been largely overlooked in the public debate but it is really a significant part of
the proposed amendments,” Young said. “It may not have been overlooked, of course, by the
tycoons and those giving them legal advice.”

富商表示：會怕

SINGAPORE SHIFT (轉到新加坡)

The head of the private banking operations of an international bank in Hong Kong, who declined
to be named, said clients have been moving money out of Hong Kong to Singapore.

在港國際銀行的個人理財部主任(匿名)，客戶開始不斷將錢從香港轉至新加坡

“These aren’t mainland Chinese clients who might be politically exposed, but wealthy Hong Kong
clients,” the banker said. “The situation in Hong Kong is out of control. They can’t believe
that Carrie Lam or Beijing leaders are so stupid that they don’t realize the economic damage from this.”

銀行家說：林鄭或北京政權真是蠢到爆，沒估到經濟衝擊。

A Hong Kong government spokesman did not directly address Reuters’ questions over capital flight,
but said Hong Kong’s “world class financial infrastructure” and open, international market had
a regulatory regime “completely compatible with that of overseas markets”.

港府發言人並無直接回應路透關於香港資產逃至境外的問題

The amendments seek to simplify case-by-case extraditions to jurisdictions, including mainland China,
beyond the 20 with which Hong Kong already has extradition treaties.

修正案將個案引渡權簡化成司法裁判權

As well as removing an explicit block on extraditions to mainland China in the current Fugitive Offenders
Ordinance, the amendments also remove the restrictions on the mainland from the Mutual Legal Assistance
in Criminal Matters Ordinance, known as the MLAO.

搬開很多大石頭 如刑事犯罪的司法互助 讓中國接手港司法權

According a recent Hong Kong Bar Association study, the MLAO allows foreign jurisdictions to ask Hong Kong
authorities to gather evidence for use outside the city “and to render other forms of assistance, such as
freezing and confiscating the assets of persons wanted for crimes in other jurisdictions”.

之前是外國司法機關能通過司法互助來搜集證據或凍結罪犯資產

Search, seizure and confiscation can involve cases with a penalty of two years in prison or more, compared
with the threshold of seven years for extraditions under the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, the submission
notes. Requests can also be made at the investigative rather than prosecution stage.

兩年以上的罪，調查階段，而非起訴階段，就能搜索、逮補、關押

The association notes that the mutual legal assistance amendments would “significantly strengthen the
impact of the amended Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in relation to criminal prosecutions on the mainland”

該協會稱司法互助修正會強化逃犯條例的衝擊

The Hong Kong government spokesman noted that any external confiscation order had to be registered in a
Hong Kong court and could be challenged. It had to meet a “double criminality” standard, whereby it
had to be based on conduct that was also a crime in Hong Kong.

港府說必需該罪名在香港也成立，不會中國說抓就抓

“The rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people and foreigners in Hong Kong, including their assets, are
fully protected by the Basic Law,” the spokesman added, referring to Hong Kong’s mini-constitution.

港府說港人財產受基本法保護

Prominent commercial lawyer Kevin Yam said he was aware of high net-worth Hong Kong figures taking steps
to move assets to Singapore as they matured or market conditions proved favorable.

英國保誠商業律師也注意高資產人士開始移轉資產到新加坡

“At this point I would say it is a steady trickle rather than stampede but is most definitely happening,”
 he said.

轉移資產，偷偷一點一點移 而非人擠人似的

Three other private bankers said they had received inquiries from clients about the impact of the bill,
but had not yet seen the funds move.

其它三個私人銀行家，有接到客戶詢問，但無實際資產轉移發生

Yam said few expected the bill to be widely exploited by Beijing overnight if passed, but it was creating
a climate of deep unease, with the fear it could be used more liberally in coming years.

很少人會覺得一夕之間北京就會濫用法條，但就是會怕

“It is great for Singapore,” he said. “And such an own goal for Hong Kong.”

爽到新加坡

5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://is.gd/A2DvON

6.備註:
香港富商 轉移過億美金至新加坡 據花旗與知悉本次移轉的內幕人士透露
其它金融機構如保誠也注意到緩步的資產轉移動作

心得：香港擁有過億美金資產的有 853 人，好多……

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