HK pushes to become financial hub

New York - Having spent most of his career in Asia, Simon Galpin, originally from the United Kingdom, feels perfectly at home in Hong Kong. These days, he enjoys persuading other foreigners to relocate to the city.

As the director-general of investment promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), Galpin's job is to promote Hong Kong and to encourage overseas businesses to set up and expand in the China's special administrative region.

Galpin said InvestHK has assisted more than 1,600 foreign and Chinese mainland companies set up or expand in Hong Kong over the past nine years.