Nation gets active in dollar bond market

Finance ministry said it would issue $3 billion in the coming days

The central government signalled its more proactive involvement in the dollar bond market with the issuance of dollar-denominated sovereign bonds in Hong Kong for a second year in a row.

The Ministry of Finance said at an investor roadshow in Hong Kong on Tuesday that it would issue a total of $3 billion in dollar-denominated government debt in the coming days.