MPFA

Friends of MPF

“Friends of MPF” will receive the latest updates on MPF and can take part in our activities to help you better manage your MPF accounts and investments.


If you wish to join Friends of MPF, simply click here to fill in and submit the Application and Consent Form.

Friends of MPF activities


2023



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MPF management workshop cum retirement planning consultation services (Session 2) (25 Mar)

Following the MPF management workshop for “Friends of MPF” in January this year, MPFA once again collaborated with the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong (IFPHK) to hold "MPF Management Workshop cum one-on-one retirement planning consultation services” on 25 Mar, to share MPF management skills with “Friends of MPF” and to encourage them to start early in retirement planning.


Dr Keith Yu, Board Member of IFPHK and Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Ms Anne Kwong, General Manager of Risk Management Unit of MPFA, shared retirement investment strategies and the advantages and latest development of the eMPF Platform project respectively with the participants. A few CFPs provided personalized retirement planning consultation services to participants during the activity, assisting them to better understand their retirement needs, thereby facilitating proper management of their MPF.




 


 


 


MPF management workshop cum retirement planning consultation services (7 Jan)

To encourage scheme members to take good care of their MPF and get an early start of retirement planning, the MPFA and the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong (IFPHK) co-organized an MPF management workshop cum one-on-one retirement planning consultation session on 7 Jan to exchange views with about 40 “Friends of MPF” on MPF management and retirement planning.

 

In the workshop, Dr Keith Yu, Board Member of IFPHK and Certified Financial Planner (CFP), shared the retirement investment strategies with the participants, while Mr Paul Yu, General Manager of Product Regulation of the MPFA, shared the latest initiatives on MPF investment. In addition, several CFP professionals from IFPHK also provided personalized retirement planning consultation services to the participants, so as to help them understand their retirement needs for better management of their MPF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

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The eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation sessions – for Friends of MPF who are also MPF intermediaries (24 Jun and 27 Jun)

As an integral part of the MPF industry, the views of MPF intermediaries on the eMPF Platform under construction are crucial to its development. With a view to perfecting the design of the eMPF Platform user interface, MPFA and the eMPF Platform Company conducted two virtual sessions of the eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation with “Friends of MPF” who are also MPF intermediaries on 24 and 27 June, sharing the latest developments of the eMPF Platform project, demonstrating key functions of the Self-employed Persons and Third-Party Portal user interfaces, and soliciting their views and comments on the design.

 

 

About 160 MPF intermediaries had participated in the two consultation sessions. Their valuable comments would become useful feedback for the contractor to improve the design of the eMPF Platform user interface, making it easier and more convenient to use.


                                                              

                  

                  

                  
The eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation sessions (21 May)

MPFA, together with representatives of the eMPF Platform Company and the contractor of the eMPF Platform project, conducted two virtual sessions of the eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation with about 60 “Friends of MPF” on 21 May, to share the latest developments of the eMPF Platform, demonstrate key functions of scheme members including user interfaces for employees and Self-employed Persons, and solicit their views on the design of the user interface accordingly.

 


The “Friends of MPF” programme was launched in Dec 2010 with an aim to directly engage with the public and enhance their understanding of the MPF System.  Currently, over 10 000 members of the public have joined as our Friends. Mr Eddy Chan, General Manager of External Affairs of the MPFA thanked the “Friends of MPF” for their active participation in this consultation exercise, and looked forward to having their continuous support when the eMPF Platform is launched.

 

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

The eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation sessions (26 February )
To ensure the eMPF Platform will meet the needs of the users, the MPFA conducted two virtual sessions of the eMPF Platform front-end portal consultation with about 50 “Friends of MPF” on 26 February, to share the latest developments of the eMPF Platform and solicit their views on the scheme members’ user interface.

 

 

At the consultation sessions, the appointed contractor responsible for designing and building the eMPF Platform introduced the design and basic functions of front-end portal of the Platform and demonstrated common scenarios of MPF administration according to scheme members’ needs. Mr Jonathan Ho, Director of External Affairs of the MPFA, thanked the participants for their valuable comments and suggestions, and expressed that scheme members’ views are crucial to the design of the user interface of the eMPF Platform which would become useful feedback for the contractor to perfect the design. He looked forward to having their keen support when the eMPF Platform is launched.

 

                                                    

                        

2021

MPF 20th Anniversary Virtual Discussion Session – 1st Session

To listen to the views of MPF scheme members about the MPF System, MPFA held a MPF 20th Anniversary Virtual Discussion Session with “Friends of MPF” on 17 July to recount the developments of the MPF System over the past two decades, share useful tips on managing MPF investment and gauge members’ views on the MPF and other retirement investment issues. Please click to watch the video highlight of the event! (in Chinese only)

 

Mr Cheng Yan Chee, Acting Managing Director of the MPFA revealed that the MPF System has recently accumulated $1.2 trillion accrued benefits which is a sizeable retirement reserve for the Hong Kong work force. He reiterated that the System will be further enhanced to meet with the needs of scheme members. He also expounded the vision of MPFA – making the MPF System a retirement protection system in which Hong Kong people could take pride. Meanwhile, Mr Joseph Lee, Director (Product Regulation) of the MPFA, reminded scheme members that as their MPF benefits grew, they should take proactive steps to manage their MPF, in particular leveraging on the electronic tools provided by the MPFA so as to achieve a promising retirement life.

 

2020

2019

Mustard Seed X MPFA “Self-employed Person MPF Enquiry Day”

On 18 June 2019, the MPFA and co-working space “Mustard Seed” co-organized “Self-employed Person MPF Enquiry Day” for Friends of MPF and members of Mustard Seed to encourage self-employed persons to join MPF scheme as well as to make regular MPF contributions for early preparation of retirement.

MPFA staff gave a briefing on the MPF system and answer as well as provide on-site personal account checking services and registration of e-Enquiry of Personal Account.

2018

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“Smart Tips on Managing Your MPF and Healthy Living” Seminar

On 25 August 2018, the MPFA organized a “Smart Tips on Managing Your MPF and Healthy Living” Seminar for Friends of MPF.

In the seminar, an MPFA representative shared tips on retirement investment, introduced the "Default Investment Strategy (DIS)", and demonstrated the various MPFA online tools.

Ms Annie Wong, a nutritionist from the Hong Kong Nutritionists Society, offered practical tips on how to have a healthy diet and avoid getting high blood pressure, high blood glucose or high cholesterol.
MPF Investment Seminar

Friends of MPF were invited to join the Seminar on MPF Investment co-organized by the MPFA and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education of The Open University of Hong Kong on 18 March.

At the seminar, Professor Kevin Tsui, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Clemson University and Visiting Scholar of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, shared his views on retirement investment. Mr Arthur Shek, Associate Publisher and Head of the Research Department of the Hong Kong Economic Times, talked about the local and global investment markets. And Mr Cheng Yan-chee, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Executive Director of the MPFA, offered some tips on MPF investment.
Retirement Planning Workshop and One-on-one Investment Consultation

To encourage our Friends of MPF to pay more attention to their MPF and make an early start in retirement planning, the MPFA organized a retirement planning workshop and arranged one-on-one investment consultation sessions exclusively for Friends on 27 January 2018.

 

The first part of the activity was a workshop by Certified Financial Planner Alvin Lam on the key points in retirement planning. This was followed by a one-on-one consultation service provided by members of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, who are also CFA charterholders, to help our Friends draw up personalized retirement plans.