Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) held a ground breaking ceremony today (Tuesday) for its Next Generation Data Centre (NGDC) in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. The ceremony was officiated by the guest of honour Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor KC Chan. He and Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Chief Executive Martin Wheatley joined HKEx Chairman Ronald Arculli, Chief Executive Charles Li, and other HKEx directors at the event.
HKEx aims to move the primary data centre for its securities market to the NGDC in the fourth quarter of 2012. It plans to complete the relocation of the primary data centres for other systems, such as its derivatives market systems, to the NDGC in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor KC Chan (centre), HKEx Chairman Ronald Arculli (fourth from left), Chief Executive Charles Li (fourth from right), SFC Chief Executive Martin Wheatley (third from left), and HKEx directors Bill Kwok (first from left), Moses Cheng(second from left), T C Chan (third from right), Stephen Hui (second from right) and John Williamson (first from right) participate in the ground breaking ceremony for HKEx’s Next Generation Data Centre.
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Professor KC Chan (centre), HKEx Chairman Ronald Arculli (fourth from left), Chief Executive Charles Li (fourth from right), SFC Chief Executive Martin Wheatley (third from left), and HKEx directors Bill Kwok (first from left), Moses Cheng(second from left), T C Chan (third from right), Stephen Hui (second from right) and John Williamson (first from right) join in a roast pig cutting ceremony at the ground breaking for HKEx’s Next Generation Data Centre.
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