On 23 September 2016, the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) and Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the development of Qualifications Framework (QF).
This is the second MOU signed by the HKSARG with a jurisdiction in Europe on the development of the QF.
| Witnesses : | Mrs Marion Lai, Permanent Secretary for Education |
| Ms Isobel O'Connor, Deputy Consul General of Ireland in Hong Kong |
| Signatories : | Mr Brian Lo, Deputy Secretary for Education |
| Dr Bryan Maguire, Director of Quality Assurance of Quality and Qualifications Ireland |