CR — ​Companies Registry

Introduction: The Hong Kong Companies Registry (CR) is a department under the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau. It administers and enforces the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) and related regulations. The source states that CR was established in 1865, initially under the UK Companies Act 1862 and administered by the Registrar of the Supreme Court. From 1 May 1993, CR operated as an independent department and adopted a trading-fund (T...