Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Automatic Order matching And Execution System (AMS/2)

The Automatic Order matching and Execution System (AMS/2) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong experienced a "system busy" status at about 11:00am. The system recovered at about 11:40am. The Exchange is looking into the cause of the incident.

Trading arrangements of the SEHK market for the afternoon session will remain unchanged. All Stock Options contracts for the month of May will expire at the close of business today. Normal procedures will apply for the exercise of all contracts.