THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1993
FROM ASSISTANCE IN RESEARCH AND
IN 178 FACTORIES (38 PER CENT), STAFF HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED THE OVERSEAS PARENT COMPANIES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE OR AREAS SUCH AS COMPANY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION,
AND
DEVELOPMENT.
TWO
HUNDRED
REPORTED THAT
THEY
AND
EITHER
SEVENTY-TWO
HAD
OVERSEAS
FACTORIES (59
WITH LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS RECEIVED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
PER
CENT) THE IN
PARENT COMPANY, OR HAD
ACQUIRING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM THEM.
IN HONG
ON THE OVERALL MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT KONG, MISS YUE SAID 54 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDING FACTORIES CONSIDERED IT TO BE FAVOURABLE.
FACTORS THAT MOST FACTORIES
FAVOURABLY INCLUDED COMMENTED
THE FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, HONG KONG'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL
OF AVAILABILITY
MANAGERIAL SKILL, REGIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL.
LOCATION,
GOVERNMENT AND TECHNICAL
MISS YUE SAID
50 PER OVER
CENT
WERE
FEW
EXPAND
RESPONDENTS OF THE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN HONG KONG IN THE NEXT YEARS. ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS ALSO HAD PLANS TO THEIR PRODUCTION IN ONE OR MORE ASPECTS.
MORE OVERSEAS FIRMS SET UP REGIONAL OPERATIONS IN HK
* * *
OVERSEAS COMPANIES HAVE SET UP 1,468 REGIONAL OPERATIONS IN THE PREVIOUS KONG THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF NINE PER CENT OVER YEAR, A RECENT SURVEY BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT REVEALS.
HONG
A
DIRECTOR- SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), THE
IN GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MISS DENISE YUE, SAID THIS WAS THE FOURTH SERIES
SURVEYS BY
то THE INDUSTRY OF
DEPARTMENT
STUDY REGIONAL REPRESENTATION BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN THE TERRITORY.
REPRESENTATION
BY
OVERSEAS AND 844
THE 1993 SURVEY OF REGIONAL COMPANIES IN HONG KONG IDENTIFIED 624 REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS REGIONAL OFFICES AS AT JUNE 1 THIS SPAR.
IN
THE LAST SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST
AND 757 HEADQUARTERS IDENTIFIED IN HONG KONG.
YEAR.
588
OVERSEAS REGIONAL OFFICES OF
REGIONAL COMPANIES WERE
MISS
YUE SAID HONG KONG HAD LONG BEEN AN IMPORTANT CENTRE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.
REGIONAL
** ITS CENTRAL LOCATION AND EXCELLENT EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION LINKS HAVE MADE HONG KONG ATTRACTIVE TO OVERSEAS COMPANIES FOR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO AS A CONVENIENT BASE FROM WHICH OTHER OFFICES IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
NOT ONLY TO SUPERVISE
IMPORTANCE WITH
RAPID
"THIS ROLE HAS ASSUMED INCREASING BCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IN RECENT YEARS, SAID.
HI SHE
/THE UNITED