Government announces details of enhancement measures for New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (press release, 7 January 2025)

InvestHK/FSTB press release of 7 Jan 2025: New CIES enhancements effective 1 Mar 2025 (six-month net-asset test instead of two years, jointly owned assets, holding through a family-owned investment holding vehicle or special purpose entity) and key figures for the first 10 months (enquiries nearly 7,000; applications over 800; 733 passed the net-asset check; 240 passed the investment check; expected investment over HK$24 billion). Also a statement that applications in the first 10 months exceeded those in the same period of the original CIES (no number). The four application figures and the rule-change event were already recorded; this pass adds the enquiries figure (new indicator proposed) and the six-month net-asset rule row. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).