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Date Ref No. Subject Securities Market Data Derivatives Market Data Issuer News
OMD-C OMD-D D-LITE IIS
24/12/2018 MDD/18/2548 OMD Operation Calendar, Index Feed Calendar and Trading Calendar 2019 of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
Enclosure 1 : Trading Calendar 2019 of HKEX
Enclosure 2 : OMD Operation Calendar 2019
Enclosure 3 : 2019 Index Feed Calendar

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21/12/2018 MDD/18/2544 Planned Activities / Initiatives In Relation to Market Data Systems for 2019

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19/12/2018 MDD/18/2538 Licence Fee Waiver Arrangement on D-Lite

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18/12/2018 MDD/18/2527 Schedule of Upcoming Connectivity Sessions for OMD-D D-Lite Onboarding
Enclosure 1 : OMD Production Connection Notification Form

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14/12/2018 MDD/18/2518 No Capital Adjustment of Tencent Holdings Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Special Dividend
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular

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22/11/2018 MDD/18/2442 Proposed Introduction of Weekly Hang Seng Index Options and Weekly Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options Contracts in 2019
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular
Enclosure 2 : OMD-D Interface Specifications (v1.23c)
Enclosure 3 : OMD-D D-Lite Interface Specifications (v1.3c)

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09/11/2018 MDD/18/2405 Index Information Supplied by China Securities Index Company Limited
Enclosure 1 : Letter on Index Information Supplied by CSIC
Enclosure 2 : Guiding Note on Use of Index Information
Enclosure 3 : CESC Announcement

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08/11/2018 MDD/18/2406 Marketing Programmes relating to Stock Connect - Update

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07/11/2018 MDD/18/2401 Upcoming Changes in HKEX Orion Market Data Platform (OMD)- Index Datafeed
Enclosure 1 : CESC Announcement
Enclosure 2 : OMD-C Interface Specifications (version 1.25)
Enclosure 3 : OMD-C MMDH Interface Specifications (version 1.23)

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07/11/2018 MDD/18/2396 IIS Automatic Line Reconnection Drill on 1 December 2018

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02/11/2018 MDD/18/2379 HKEX Market Data Conference 2018 on 27 November 2018 in Shanghai, China
Enclosure 1 : HKEX Market Data Conference 2018 Booth Reservation

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30/10/2018 MDD/18/2362 Updates on Upcoming Changes to D-Lite for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade
Enclosure 1 : Declaration Form for System Readiness Status

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30/10/2018 MDD/18/2361 Updates on HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 2 Change
Enclosure 1 : Declaration Form for System Readiness Status

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29/10/2018 MDD/18/2369 Inclusion of Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Options in the T+1 Session
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular

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29/10/2018 MDD/18/2358 Handout for Market Data Information Day on 24 October 2018 (Wednesday)
Enclosure 1 : Presentation foils for Market Data Information Day

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22/10/2018 MDD/18/2342 Licence Fee Waiver Arrangement on D-Lite

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11/10/2018 MDD/18/2328 Schedule of Upcoming Connectivity Sessions for OMD-D D-Lite Onboarding
Enclosure 1 : OMD Production Connection Notification Form

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08/10/2018 MDD/18/2315 Change of Company's Registered Address

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05/10/2018 MDD/18/2309 Post Release Test (PRT) of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market Bandwidth Increase for Securities Standard (SS) and Securities FullTick (SF) Datafeeds

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28/09/2018 MDD/18/2271 Market Data Information Day on 24 October 2018 (Wednesday)

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28/09/2018 MDD/18/2277 Introduction of Hang Seng Index Total Return Index Futures and Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Total Return Index Futures Contracts
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular
Enclosure 2 : OMD-D Interface Specifications (version 1.23b)
Enclosure 3 : OMD-D D-Lite Interface Specifications (v1.3b)
Enclosure 4 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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24/09/2018 MDD/18/2267 Trading discontinuation of options on GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited and COSCO Shipping Holdings Company Limited
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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19/09/2018 MDD/18/2259 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on Meituan Dianping
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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17/09/2018 MDD/18/2221 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on Meituan Dianping
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars
Enclosure 2 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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13/09/2018 MDD/18/2224 Handout for Vendor Seminar on 12 September 2018 (Wednesday)
Enclosure 1 : Presentation foils for Vendor Seminar on 12 Sep

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12/09/2018 MDD/18/2182 Introduction of New Indexes in OMD Index Feed
Enclosure 1 : OMD-C Technical documents.zip
Enclosure 2 : OMD-C MMDH Technical document.zip

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05/09/2018 MDD/18/2116 Market Rehearsal (MR) of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market Bandwidth Increase for Securities Standard (SS) and Securities FullTick (SF) Datafeeds

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28/08/2018 MDD/18/2096 Vendor Seminar on 12 September 2018 (Wednesday)

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13/08/2018 MDD/18/1940 Annual Drill for Site Failure for IIS Systems Scheduled for 15 September 2018

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09/08/2018 MDD/18/1923 Updates on Upcoming Changes to D-Lite for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D D-Lite Interface Specification version 1.4b
Enclosure 2 : OMD-D D-Lite Developers Guide version 1.1

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09/08/2018 MDD/18/1922 Updates on HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 2 Change
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Interface Specification version 1.24b
Enclosure 2 : OMD-D Developers Guide version 1.16

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07/08/2018 MDD/18/1939 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on China Tower Corporation Limited
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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06/08/2018 MDD/18/1906 Post Release Test for Operating System (OS) Upgrade for HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D)

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31/07/2018 MDD/18/1692 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on China Tower Corporation Limited
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)
Enclosure 2 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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27/07/2018 MDD/18/1655 Autopay Arrangement and New Bank Account
Enclosure 1 : Direct Debit Authorisation Form
Enclosure 2 : Sample Direct Debit Authorisation Form

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26/07/2018 MDD/18/1666 Upcoming Changes to D-Lite for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Available in the HKATS Certification Test Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide for D-Lite (version 1.4)

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26/07/2018 MDD/18/1665 Changes to HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 2 Change available in the HKATS Certification Test Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide version 1.11

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24/07/2018 MDD/18/1428 Reschedule of Market Rehearsal and Post Release Test for Operating System (OS) Upgrade for HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market (OMD-C)

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13/07/2018 MDD/18/1433 Introduction of Five New Stock Options Classes on Monday 16 July 2018
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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06/07/2018 MDD/18/1413 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on XiaoMi Corporation
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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04/07/2018 MDD/18/1369 Introduction of New Stock Futures Contract and Stock Options Class on XiaoMi Corporation
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)
Enclosure 2 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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26/06/2018 MDD/18/1356 Capital Adjustment of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Capitalisation Issue
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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22/06/2018 MDD/18/1355 Capital Adjustment of China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Capitalisation Issue
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Options Series

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22/06/2018 MDD/18/1349 Market Rehearsal and Post Release Test for Operating System (OS) Upgrade for HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D)

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21/06/2018 MDD/18/1354 Trading Arrangement of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts for Change of Board Lot Size of the Underlying Stock
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)

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19/06/2018 MDD/18/1353 Potential Capital Adjustment of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Conditional Distribution
Enclosure 1 : Final strike information for Country Garden Holdin

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15/06/2018 MDD/18/1347 (1) Introduction of Seven New Stock Futures Contracts and Trading Discontinuation of Eight Stock Futures Contracts on Tuesday 3 July 2018 (2) Introduction of Five New Stock Options Classes on Monday 16 July 2018
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)
Enclosure 3 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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15/06/2018 MDD/18/1348 Regular Site Failover Rehearsal for Market Data Systems on 14 July 2018

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08/06/2018 MDD/18/1325 Trading Discontinuation of S&P BSE SENSEX Index Futures
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular (English)

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08/06/2018 MDD/18/1333 Potential Capital Adjustment of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Conditional Distribution
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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07/06/2018 MDD/18/1324 Capital Adjustment of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Bonus Issue
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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04/06/2018 MDD/18/1313 Capital Adjustment of Henderson Land Development Company Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Bonus Issue
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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01/06/2018 MDD/18/1288 Potential Capital Adjustment of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Conditional Distribution
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)

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31/05/2018 MDD/18/1296 Capital Adjustment of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Conversion of Capital Reserve into Shares
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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30/05/2018 MDD/18/1287 Stock Futures Market Enhancement
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular (English)

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28/05/2018 MDD/18/1264 Introduction of MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Net Total Return Index Futures
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circular (English)

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18/05/2018 MDD/18/1256 Updates on the Upcoming changes of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform -Securities Market Bandwidth Increase for Securities Standard (SS) and Securities FullTick (SF) Datafeeds

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16/05/2018 MDD/18/1254 Capital Adjustment of Li & Fung Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Special Dividend
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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16/05/2018 MDD/18/1255 Introduction of the Sixth Calendar Quarter Month and Additional Calendar Spreads for US Dollar vs Renminbi (Hong Kong) ('USD/CNH') Futures Contract
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)

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14/05/2018 MDD/18/1243 Upcoming Changes to D-Lite for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Available in the HKATS Testing Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide for D-Lite (version 1.3)

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14/05/2018 MDD/18/1242 Changes to HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 2 Change available in the HKATS Testing Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide version 1.10

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11/05/2018 MDD/18/1238 Updates on the Upcoming changes of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market (OMD-C): (A) Operating System (OS) Upgrade; and (B) Bandwidth Increase for Securities Standard (SS) and Securities FullTick (SF) Datafeed

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10/05/2018 MDD/18/1103 Capital Adjustment of China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Capitalisation Issue
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars (English)

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09/05/2018 MDD/18/522 HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market (OMD-C) - Emergency Drill Scheduled for 2 June 2018

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08/05/2018 MDD/18/1155 Introduction of MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Net Total Return Index Futures
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars
Enclosure 2 : OMD-D Interface Specification version 1.23a
Enclosure 3 : OMD-D Interface Specifications (D-Lite) v1.3a
Enclosure 4 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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07/05/2018 MDD/18/1170 HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS / DCASS Upgrade - Phase 2 Change

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04/05/2018 MDD/18/1204 Capital Adjustment of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Conversion of Capital Reserve into Shares
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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04/05/2018 MDD/18/1169 Reminder for Upcoming Changes to D-Lite for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade and Schedule of Connectivity Sessions for D-Lite Onboarding
Enclosure 1 : OMD Production Connection Notification Form

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04/05/2018 MDD/18/1201 Revision of Stock Code Allocation Plan
Enclosure 1 : Revision of Stock Code Allocation Plan

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03/05/2018 MDD/18/1203 Upcoming changes of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform- Securities Market (OMD-C): (A) Operating System (OS) Upgrade; and (B) Bandwidth Increase for Securities Standard (SS) and Securities FullTick (SF) Datafeed
Enclosure 1 : OMD-C Connectivity Guide version 2.1
Enclosure 2 : OMD Production Connection Notification Form

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27/04/2018 MDD/18/1161 HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market (OMD-C) Internal System Test on 1 May 2018
Enclosure 1 : Operation Calendar of OMD 2018

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23/04/2018 MDD/18/1156 Addition of CES Stock Connect Hong Kong Premier 50 Index to OMD Index Feed
Enclosure 1 : Letter on Index Information Supplied by CSIC
Enclosure 2 : Guiding Note on Use of Index Information (CSIC)
Enclosure 3 : News Release issued by CESC dated 12 December 2017

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18/04/2018 MDD/18/1105 Capital Adjustment of Li & Fung Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Special Dividend
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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18/04/2018 MDD/18/1148 Inclusion of Equity Index Options in the T+1 Session on 14 May 2018
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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13/04/2018 MDD/18/1129 Arrangements upon issuance of Typhoon and/or Rainstorm warning signal

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12/04/2018 MDD/18/1122 Upcoming Rollout of the HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 1 Change
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide version 1.9

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04/04/2018 MDD/18/1080 Market Rehearsal and Post Release Test for More Reference Data and Index to be Provided on HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market (OMD-C)

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04/04/2018 MDD/18/1056 Rollout of D-Lite on 16 April 2018

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04/04/2018 MDD/18/1055 Rollout of HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 1 Change on 16 April 2018

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29/03/2018 MDD/18/1071 Capital Adjustment of Power Assets Holdings Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Special Interim Dividend
Enclosure 1 : Final Strike Price for Option Series

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28/03/2018 MDD/18/1065 Capital Adjustment of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Capitalisation Issue
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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27/03/2018 MDD/18/1062 Second Market Rehearsal for D-Lite on 7 April 2018

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23/03/2018 MDD/18/929 Changes in Contract Multipliers of Ten Stock Futures Contracts
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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22/03/2018 MDD/18/1014 Arrangements Relating to Potential Capital Adjustment of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Proposed Spin-off
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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22/03/2018 MDD/18/1027 Capital Adjustment of Henderson Land Development Company Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Bonus Issue
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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22/03/2018 MDD/18/1019 Capital Adjustment of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd. Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Bonus Issue
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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21/03/2018 MDD/18/1007 Capital Adjustment of Power Assets Holdings Limited Stock Futures and Options Contracts - Special Interim Dividend
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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13/03/2018 MDD/18/934 Market Rehearsal for D-Lite on 24 March 2018

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13/03/2018 MDD/18/933 Market Rehearsal for HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 1 Change

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09/03/2018 MDD/18/942 Readiness Test for Inclusion of Equity Index Options in the T+1 Session

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09/03/2018 MDD/18/926 More Reference Data and Index to be Provided on HKEX Orion Market Data Platform -Securities Market (OMD-C)
Enclosure 1 : OMD-C Interface Specifications (version 1.23)
Enclosure 2 : OMD-C MMDH Interface Specifications (version 1.21)
Enclosure 3 : OMD-C Developers Guide (version 1.10)
Enclosure 4 : OMD-C MMDH Developers Guide (version 1.7)

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09/03/2018 MDD/18/941 Updates on Inclusion of Equity Index Options in the T+1 Session
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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06/03/2018 MDD/18/927 Introduction New Stock Futures Contracts
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars
Enclosure 2 : Vendor Access Codes Confirmation Form

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27/02/2018 MDD/18/892 Licensing Streamline for Market Data Vendor Licensees and Market Data End-User Licensees Effective February 2018

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15/02/2018 MDD/18/854 Changes to Derivatives Lite ('D-Lite') under HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market ('OMD-D') for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Interface Specifications (D-Lite) v1.4

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15/02/2018 MDD/18/853 HKATS / DCASS Upgrade - Updates on Project Schedule and Phase 2 Changes to OMD-D
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Interface Specification version 1.24

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14/02/2018 MDD/18/863 Revision of Stock Code Allocation Plan
Enclosure 1 : MDD18863 - Revision of Stock Code Allocation Plan

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13/02/2018 MDD/18/858 Introduction of Additional Long-dated Contract Months in Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Futures and Options - Update
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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13/02/2018 MDD/18/859 Change of Headline Categories
Enclosure 1 : IIS Transmission Specification v3.3
Enclosure 2 : IIS Transmission Specification (News Headline) v2.

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13/02/2018 MDD/18/860 Change in Contract Multipliers for Four Stock Futures
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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12/02/2018 MDD/18/857 Load Rehearsal of Derivatives Market Trading System
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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07/02/2018 MDD/18/844 Second Phase of After-Hours Trading Enhancements - Equity Index Options
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Interface Specifications (D-Lite) v1.3

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07/02/2018 MDD/18/843 Second Phase of After-Hours Trading Enhancements - Equity Index Options
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Interface Specification v1.23
Enclosure 2 : Participant Circulars

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30/01/2018 MDD/18/739 Derivatives Lite ('D-Lite') under HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market ('OMD-D') available in the HKATS Testing Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD_Connectivity_Guide_Derivatives Market (D-Lite)

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30/01/2018 MDD/18/737 Changes to HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 1 Change is available in the HKATS Testing Environment
Enclosure 1 : OMD-D Connectivity Guide version 1.8

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23/01/2018 MDD/18/750 Rollout of Orion Trading Platform - Securities Market (OTP-C) on 5 February 2018
Enclosure 1 : Participant circular (both Chinese and English)

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10/01/2018 MDD/18/494 Additional Practice Session for the implementation of Orion Trading Platform for Securities Market (OTP-C)
Enclosure 1 : Participant circular (both Chinese and English)

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10/01/2018 MDD/18/013 Changes to HKEX Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market (OMD-D) for HKATS and DCASS Upgrade - Phase 1 Market Rehearsal and Readiness Test Schedule
Enclosure 1 : Declaration Form for System Readiness Status

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08/01/2018 MDD/18/042 Trading Arrangement of Sunny Optical Technology Stock Option and Futures Contracts
Enclosure 1 : Participant Circulars

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OMD-C = Orion Market Data Platform - Securities Market
OMD-D = Orion Market Data Platform - Derivatives Market
D-LITE = Derivatives Lite Datafeed
IIS = Issuer Information feed Service