• Click here to download the On-line Securities Trading Agreement and the Client Information Statement,, or
• Call (852) 2111-2222 or email us at hotline@sctrade.comto request an application kit, or
• Visit our Head Office at 28/F Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong or any branch of South China Securities Limited (our Group's member)

Individual/Joint Account:

Please complete the Client Information Statement (for Individual/Joint Accounts) and sign the following documents with your application:

• Copy of the HK ID card or passport of each account holder.
• Copy of your bank statements or utilities bills for the past three months showing proof of address.

Corporate Account:

Please complete and sign the Client Information Statement (for Corporate Accounts), which should be accompanied by the following certified true copies:-

• Memorandum & Articles of Association
• Certificate of Incorporation
• Business Registration Certificate
• Board resolution(s) on approving account opening with us and the appointment of authorized person(s) to operate the account
• Copies of HKID cards/ passports of company directors
• Copies of HKID cards/ passports of authorized person(s)
• Latest audited financial statements

For B.V.I. and other non-Hong Kong companies, please provide the following additional certified true copies:-

• Bank account statements for the past three months showing proof of address
• Registered Agent's Certificate identifying the current directors and officers, verified or issued by the registered agent of the Company
• Information on the true beneficial ownership of the Company

New Customers:

According to the Guidelines provided by SFC for verifying a client identity, you can return the applications in either of the following two ways:

• Submit the account opening forms and supporting documents in person to our Head Office or any branches of South China Securities Limited (our Group's member). The applications must be witnessed by our company's registered persons; OR
• Submit the account opening forms and supporting documents by mail to our Head Office either with:
• A cheque with an amount not less than HK$10,000 made payable to 'South China Securities Limited^^. The cheque must be drawn on your own Hong Kong dollar bank account with a licensed bank in Hong Kong; the cheque must have your pre-printed account name, which is identical to the names on the account opening forms, and on your HK ID card/ passport; the cheque must bear the same signature with the account opening forms; the cheque will be credited to your new online account once it was successfully cleared; OR
• Arrange for authentication by an appropriate person (i.e. notary public, lawyer or professional person) to countersign on the account opening forms

Our Office Address:
Room 2601-3, Tower 1, Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

^^ Not applicable to Corporate Account application

Existing traditional customers:

Please send back the account opening forms and supporting documents to our Head Office or submit in person to our Head Office or any branches of South China Securities Limited (our Group's member).

Note: Before you sign any document, please be sure that you have read, understood and accepted the content of South China Securities Trading Agreement. Once we have received your completed applications, we will process the applications immediately. When your applications are approved, we will send you by mail the 1)logon ID, 2)logon password, and 3)trading password. Please click here if you wish to know more about opening an online trading account. For further questions, please call our Customer Services Hotline at 2111-2222, or send your inquiry to hotline@sctrade.com.