Spokesman of Bank of China (3988.HK) Wang Zhaowen said that BOC is ready to let mainland individuals to directly invest in Hong Kong listed securities. The precise timing for investors to trade is yet to be announced, first trade may be happened any time. The market believes that the nomination of BOC as the first participation bank in the pilot program will provide good prospect to BOC's earning in the near future through a significant increase in the clearing income from BOC and commission income from BOCI Securities Limited.