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| 24-35 Number of Companies in Hong Kong that
are Regional Offices by Country/Territory of the Parent Company | | | | | | | | | | Item | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | | | | | | | | | | Number of companies in Hong
Kong
| 2293 | 2171 | 2241 | 2511 | 2631 | | | that are regional offices
| | | | Coutry/territory of the Parent
Company①
| | | | United States of America | 420 | 437 | 498 | 557 | 606 | | | Japan | 533 | 471 | 442 | 515 | 537 | | | United Kingdom | 163 | 163 | 196 | 211 | 215 | | | The mainland of China | 172 | 170 | 148 | 156 | 160 | | | Germany | 108 | 96 | 122 | 135 | 139 | | | Taiwan,China | 142 | 121 | 111 | 128 | 133 | | | France | 88 | 91 | 101 | 106 | 110 | | | Singapore | 77 | 79 | 81 | 97 | 103 | | | Switzerland | 68 | 61 | 61 | 70 | 73 | | | Republic of Korea | 43 | 52 | 45 | 57 | 69 | | | Australia
| 76 | 49 | 60 | 67 | 68 | | | Italy
| 52 | 38 | 41 | 54 | 53 | | | Netherlands
| 62 | 57 | 55 | 52 | 50 | | | Sweden
| 27 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 33 | | | Canada
| 34 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | Note:
Figures refer to the first working day of June of the year. |
| A regional office is an office that coordinates offices/operations in
the region (i.e. Hong Kong plus one or more other places), and manages | | the business but with frequent referrals to its parent company outside
Hong Kong or its regional headquarters . | | In the case of a joint-ventured regional office in Hong Kong, there
may be more than one country/territory of its parent company/companies. | | ①Prior to 2005, figures refer to the country/territory where parent
companies are incorporated. As
from 2005, figures refer to the | | | country/territory where parent companies are located. | |
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