468 Appendices
Table 16
(Chapter 5: Commerce and Industry)
(a) Number of Regional Headquarters by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
Number of regional headquarters
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom
The mainland of China
Germany
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
Singapore
Italy
Australia
Sweden
Taiwan
Korea
Denmark
2004
2008
2009
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
1 098
1 298
1 252
256
23.3
311
24.0
289
23.1
198
18.0
238
18.3
224
17.9
105
9.6
119
9.2
115
9.2
106
9.7
95
7.3
96
7.7
67
6.1
77
5.9
74
5.9
47
4.3
59
4.5
66
5.3
46
4.2
50
3.9
54
4.3
39
3.6
53
4.1
46
3.7
35
3.2
46
3.5
43
3.4
15
1.4
32
2.5
40
3.2
18
1.6
19
1.5
22
1.8
16
1.5
18
1.4
21
1.7
29
2.6
26
2.0
19
1.5
15
1.4
19
1.5
18
1.4
15
1.4
15
1.2
15
1.2
(b) Number of Regional Offices by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
Number of regional offices
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom
Taiwan
The mainland of China
Germany
France
Singapore
Switzerland
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Korea
Sweden Canada
2004
2008
2009
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
2 511
2 584
2 328
557
22.2
612
23.7
526
22.6
515
20.5
494
19.1
447
19.2
211
8.4
234
9.1
213
9.1
128
5.1
158
6.1
138
5.9
156
6.2
128
5.0
127
5.5
135
5.4
133
5.1
123
5.3
106
4.2
111
4.3
104
4.5
97
3.9
98
3.8
91
3.9
70
2.8
63
2.4
61
2.6
54
2.2
52
2.0
51
2.2
52
2.1
51
2.0
49
2.1
57
2.3
61
2.4
46
2.0
67
2.7
56
2.2
44
1.9
33
1.3
43
1.7
42
1.8
29
1.2
32
1.2
33
1.4