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Three annual surveys by Industry Department

The Industry Department is conducting three annual surveys to collect information on Hong Kong's manufacturing environment, external investment in local manufacturing industries and regional representation by overseas companies in the territory.

A spokesman for the department said the Survey of Hong Kong's Manufacturing Environment was the sixth to be conducted by the department. It aims at collecting manufacturers' views on Hong Kong's investment environment and how they saw their business prospects.

The Survey would cover some 2,800 random sampled establishments in 14 selected manufacturing industries, including clothing, electronics, textiles, watches and clocks, printing, plastics, metal products, and food and beverage etc., the spokesman said.

Targetting at some 1,700 manufacturing establishments containing external investment, the Survey of External Investment in Hong Kong's Manufacturing Industries aims at ascertaining the state of external investment in local manufacturing industries.

"Information on the value of investment, the source countries for the investment and its distribution among the manufacturing industries will be collected," the spokesman said.

He said the third survey was concerned with identifying the number of regional headquarters and regional offices established by overseas companies in Hong Kong and seeking the companies' views on the pros and cons of Hong Kong as a regional headquarters or regional office.

The Survey of regional Representation by Overseas Companies in Hong Kong would cover all overseas companies known to be operating in Hong Kong, which were about 10,000, he noted.

Questionnaires of the three surveys have been sent to selected manufacturing establishments in late May. Where necessary, survey officers of the Industry Department would visit the establishments to assist them in completing the questionnaires between June and August.