Pursuant to section 402 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, the Securities and Futures Commission specifies that the electronic form published below shall be used for a return required to be submitted under section 56(1), (2) and (3) of the Securities and Futures (Financial Resources) Rules with effect from 1 November 2008.

Please note that you will need Microsoft Excel 97, 2000 or 2003 to use these files and these files will be best performed in Windows 2000 and Office 2000. It is recommended NOT to use these files in Excel 97 under Windows XP environment.

Note: Due to Microsoft Excel 2007's constraints on spreadsheet, a new eFRR form in Excel 2007 will be launched only when antivirus products supporting Excel 2007 spreadsheet encryption in accordance with the Microsoft Antivirus API (Application Program Interface) are widely available. For details, please visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927150 at Microsoft's Knowledge Base.