# Hong Kong SFC Enforcement News Watch (`nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch`) Actor

Securities and Futures Commission enforcement news as it is published: reprimands, fines, suspensions, bans, freezing orders and prosecutions, with the…

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $201.00 / 1,000 enforcement news deltas

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Hong Kong SFC Enforcement News Watch

Securities and Futures Commission enforcement news as it is published: reprimands, fines, suspensions, bans, freezing orders and prosecutions, with the named parties the SFC attaches to each item. Keyed on the SFC's own news reference number.

### Source

HK SFC eDistribution public news search API (public, logged-out)

- https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/api/news/search

Public, logged-out only — no API key, login, cookie or CAPTCHA.

### Pricing

| Event | Price (FREE tier) |
|---|---|
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.02 one-time |
| Source check (`source-check`) | $0.10 |
| **Per delta (`enforcement-news-delta`)** | **$0.30** |

`source-check` ladder, GOLD-floored: **$0.10 / $0.09 / $0.08 / $0.067**.
Charged once per run after the source enumeration terminates — seed runs and
genuine-zero runs included. It is **not** charged when the source refused the
read: a run that never read the source has not performed a source check.

The per-delta value event (`enforcement-news-delta`) is the **primary** event and is priced at
**$0.30 per delta** at the FREE tier. Ladder, GOLD-floored:
**$0.30 / $0.27 / $0.24 / $0.201** (FREE / BRONZE / SILVER / GOLD-PLATINUM-DIAMOND).
`source-check` still charges; it is no longer the headline event. Billed deltas
are capped at 500 per run and any overflow is reported as a withholding rather
than charged.

### Snapshot mode is a PREVIEW

`watch_mode: false` returns at most **25 records**, hard-capped in code
regardless of any input, labeled `output_mode: "preview"`. This actor sells
change detection, not bulk record export.

### Watch semantics

The first watch run stores a private baseline and emits **zero** deltas. Later
runs emit `NEW` / `CHANGED` / `REMOVED` keyed on the source-native id with
`before` / `after` and `changed_fields`. Billed deltas are capped at 500 per
run; the overflow is reported as a named PARTIAL withholding, is never billed,
and is re-detected on the next run.

### Terminal states

`NORMAL` · `SUCCEEDED-0: GENUINE_EMPTY` · `SUCCEEDED-0` (no change) · `PARTIAL` · `BLOCKED`.
A zero with no evidence FAILS loud rather than exiting 0 quietly.

### Run it WEEKLY, not daily

Schedule this Actor **once a week**. That is a recommendation about your bill, not about
coverage — a weekly run reads the same window and misses nothing.

SFC enforcement is a low-frequency, high-consequence feed. Measured on 2026-07-27: **4
enforcement items in the trailing 30 days, about 1.3 a week**, against 200 items spanning 881
days on the enforcement category. On a daily schedule the seven weekly `source-check` events
are roughly **two thirds of your bill** and buy no extra signal; on a weekly schedule the
per-delta event carries most of it and you see exactly the same enforcement actions.

Override the cadence if you have a reason to — a same-day read of a reprimand, a ban or a
freezing order is worth the extra checks to some desks.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

SFC news category. 'enforcement' is the enforcement feed.

## `language` (type: `string`):

SFC publishes each item in English and Traditional Chinese.

## `page_size` (type: `integer`):

Items requested per page from the source.

## `pages` (type: `integer`):

How many pages to walk, newest first (bounds runtime).

## `title_contains` (type: `array`):

Optional substrings matched against the headline.

## `watch_mode` (type: `boolean`):

First run seeds a private baseline and emits ZERO deltas.

## `baseline_id` (type: `string`):

Names the private baseline so several watches can run side by side.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "enforcement",
  "language": "EN",
  "page_size": 25,
  "pages": 1,
  "title_contains": [],
  "watch_mode": true,
  "baseline_id": "default"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "category": "enforcement",
    "language": "EN",
    "page_size": 25,
    "pages": 1,
    "title_contains": [],
    "watch_mode": false,
    "baseline_id": "default"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "category": "enforcement",
    "language": "EN",
    "page_size": 25,
    "pages": 1,
    "title_contains": [],
    "watch_mode": False,
    "baseline_id": "default",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "category": "enforcement",
  "language": "EN",
  "page_size": 25,
  "pages": 1,
  "title_contains": [],
  "watch_mode": false,
  "baseline_id": "default"
}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/hk-sfc-enforcement-watch"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/nes7B3aeEdlD5uP7h/builds/NebpyCk70CAuMdNZz/openapi.json