Reason for this visit

The Hong Kong forex market is an international market developed after the 1970s. Since the removal of foreign exchange control in Hong Kong in 1973, there has been a large inflow of international capital and the number of financial institutions operating foreign exchange business has continued to increase. The foreign exchange market has become more and more active, and it has developed into an international forex market. The Hong Kong forex market is an invisible market with no fixed trading venue. Traders conduct foreign exchange transactions through various modern communication facilities and computer networks. Hong Kong's geographical location and time zone conditions are similar to those of Singapore, making it very convenient to trade with other international foreign exchange markets. Participants in the Hong Kong forex market are mainly commercial banks and financial companies. There are three types of forex brokers in this market: local brokers, whose business is limited to Hong Kong; international brokers, who expanded their business to the Hong Kong foreign exchange market after the 1970s; international brokers that developed in Hong Kong, whose business has expanded to foreign exchange markets abroad. In order to help investors or practitioners have a more comprehensive understanding of forex dealers in Hong Kong, the survey team is going there to conduct on-site visits.

On-site visit

This time the survey team visited the forex dealer GREAT ORIENT in Hong Kong, China, with the specific address at Room 2, LG2/F, KAI WONG COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 222 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. 

Based on the above address, the survey team came to the destination of this survey. GREAT ORIENT's office is located in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, a long-developed business district, which is accessible by various public transportation. The surrounding environment is clean and well-traveled. There are also stores, restaurants and residences for all kinds of businesses. The destination is a general commercial building with a restaurant and stationery store on the ground floor and offices on the upper floors. The surveyors did not find the name of GREAT ORIENT on the directory of building, so they went upstairs for a further visit.

The unit found by the surveyors on the LG2/F did not belong to the dealer GREAT ORIENT, but to the office of Philip Leung & Co. Therefore, they confirmed that the dealer did not have an office there. 

Conclusion

The survey team went to Hong Kong, China to visit the dealer GREAT ORIENT as planned, and found no office at its regulatory address. It was supposed that the dealer might just use that address to register its company, or there was no offline exhibition place. Please be prudent when trading with this broker.

Disclaimer

The content is for informational purpose only, and shall not be taken as final order for making choice.