Hong Kong legislation has been passed relating to the collection, use and storage of personal data on individuals called the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "Ordinance"). The notice is addressed to our existing and prospective individual clients and other individuals from whom any of the above companies (in any capacity) (a "Company" or the "Companies") collect personal information.

You may now or in future be requested to supply personal information from time to time or you may in the past have supplied from time to time personal information to one or more of the Companies relating to yourself or others including for example, your name and address and certain financial or other information and in the normal course of a continuing relationship or provision of financing or other facilities, further information will be collected (all such information is together referred to in this letter as "data").

A request for data on an application form or similar document or otherwise will oblige you to complete the same as otherwise this may result in the relevant Company or other person being unable as applicable to open or continue and account, to issue units or shares to establish or continue loan or other facilities or provide or continue to provide investment, advisory or other services to you solely or jointly with others or other person in respect of which an application is made or service or facility provided in relation to which you provide the data.

The recipient of the data may provide data to the following persons whether or not they are in Hong Kong:

	any other of the Companies and any company which is ultimate holding company of any of the Companies and/or any subsidiary of affiliate thereof including any office or branch of any of the aforesaid or any entity (whether or not corporate) owned wholly or partly by any of the aforesaid and the staff or directors of all such persons ("Hantec Group");
	any nominee in whose name securities or other assets may be registered, an agent, contractor or third party service provider which provides financial, administrative, telecommunication, computer, payment or securities clearing, professional or other services to any of the Companies or person in the Hantec Group or any other person to whom data is passed;
	where information is collected by a Company as agent of any other person or for forwarding to or otherwise for the purpose of making any application or request to any other person for any facility or service, to such persons who may not be in Hong Kong and may not be subject to the Ordinance and not restricted in the use of the data;
	any trustee, registrar or custodian of any relevant unit trust or other collective investment scheme ("unit trust") or any insurance company in connection with any service provided or to be provided to you by the Hantec Group or any centralized securities depositary or registrar of securities held for you;
	where any agreement or facility is assigned, transferred or novated or any participation, sub-participation or other similar arrangement made or where duties are delegated or an office as manager, trustee or otherwise ceases to be held, to the assignee, transferee, person in whose favour the same is novated, participant, sub-participant, delegate or successor;
	any co-trustee;
	statutory, governmental or regulatory bodies or institutions as required by law or regulations applicable to any of the Companies;
	any financial institution with which you have or purpose to have dealings;
	where any assets of any kind held by a Company or its nominee for your account may be disposed of or transferred to another person by that Company or its nominee pursuant to any power of sale or security interest or other power granted by law or otherwise, to any purchaser to transferee thereof or persons representing the same.

The purposes for which the data provided from time to time may be used are as follows together with any directly related purpose:

	carrying out your instructions or responding to any enquiry from you given by you or on your behalf;
	providing investment management, asset management or advisory services, credit, financial, trust, nominee or any related services, whether those services are implemented by any of the Companies or by any other person in the Hantec Group or by a third party;
	in the capacity as manager or distributor or representative or otherwise of any unit trust dealing with applications for units, forming part of the records thereof or other matters related to the relevant unit trust and holdings therein;
	carrying out credit checks or assisting other financial institution to do so;
	designing further products and services for customers and marketing existing and future products or services of any of the Companies or of other person in the Hantec Group;
	enforcement of any charge or security in favour of any person in the Hantec Group or collection of sums due;
	forming part of the records of the recipient of the data as to the business carried on by it;
	observing any legal, governmental or regulatory requirements of Hong Kong or other relevant jurisdiction including any disclosure or notification requirements, to which any of the Companies or other class of data recipient are subject

Where agreements with clients or trust instruments contain confidentiality provisions or other limitations on data or part thereof being disclosed to any person or if any law or regulation requires that data is held confidentially noting in this notice supersedes the same.

Any of the Companies may contact you with information about other products and services provided by the Companies or other persons in the Hantec Group. If you do not wish to receive such information please write to advise the Customer Service Manager and, without charge to you, the data will cease to be used by the Companies for such purposes.