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It's really exciting to be here in Hong Kong FinTech Week. This is a global forum where it brings global tech leaders from all over the world here to discuss trending topics. We've been talking about AI, digital assets and currencies and quantum technology for years. And for the first time you can really feel that pilots are moving to production and real change is happening. For companies like ourselves, it's a great opportunity for us to learn about our peers, to meet new friends and see the latest trends in the industry. Hong Kong Fintech Week is very important for our company because it provides a valuable opportunity for us to talk to different business partners, ecosystem players while connecting businesses together. I���ve been coming to the Hong Kong FinTech Week consecutively for the last ten years, this is the most exciting year ever. We have seen how the FinTech Week, and also our company, evolved over that period from originally looking at big data analytics to now AI, tokenisation and stablecoin. So at a conference like this that brings together 40,000 participants from all over the world, a lot of business gets done. And just now at our booth, we were speaking to a promising fintech that is providing a service in a sandbox environment from us, and we're going to meet with them right at this conference to discuss next steps. HSBC has a lot of client-based connections and also potential investors. HSBC is not only a banking service provider, but also helps us to build a network of business between Hong Kong and foreign countries. HSBC is a game changer for us. You see the ecosystem resources that we could potentially leverage from them, they actually help to smooth out all the pain points that lie in the cross-border payments, as well as trade. Hong Kong FinTech Week is the only event in the world which brings together such a diverse crowd coming from governments, regulators, along with bankers, the founders, the crypto enthusiasts, investors, VCs, and creating this dialogue is critically important to shape the industry for the better. HSBC has been supporting innovative thinkers for 160 years. This is the event where everything comes together. The fintech companies can come in to challenge our thinking, and also bring the solutions to us and to our customers. It is an important forum for us to showcase to the world HSBC's leading digital innovation, as well as how we are shaping the future of banking.