Hong Kong | Australian companies are flocking back to Hong Kong, attracted by rivers of capital in one of the world’s few expanding stock markets after years of concern over its handling of the pandemic and national security laws.

The number of companies represented in Australian Chamber of Commerce membership has jumped from 240 early last year to 280 now, with almost 1000 individual members from Australian companies like Macquarie, ANZ, QBE, Leighton, Telstra, and local players like Cheung Kong Infrastructure, China Light and Power and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises.