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Minimum requirements
Content date: 2026-09-06
Minimum requirements
A private company needs at least one natural-person director and a company secretary. A sole director cannot also be the secretary. An individual secretary must ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; a corporate secretary needs a registered office or place of business there. Corporate-director restrictions depend on company type and group relationships.
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