The Hong Kong Office responded by considering extending the time of the stock exchange

In response to a market rumor on 20 July that “Hong Kong Exchanges are considering extending the time of stock exchanges to cancel the lunch break,” Hong Kong government reported that Hong Kong Exchanges have been working to improve Hong Kong's competitiveness as an international financial centre and are currently studying a number of market facilitation measures, including extending the time of trade, but that the first priority is to study proposals to extend the time of trade in derivatives markets rather than stock trading. (New latitude)