TNAG-2127-FCO40-3037-Investment-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 95

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Introduction

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This report provides an updated assessment

of capital investment in Hong Kong, based on data

available up to the end of the first quarter of 1990.

It focuses on investment in plant and machinery and in

property.

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Information in this report is mainly

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supplied by the Census and Statistics Department, the

Rating and Valuation Department, the Buildings

Ordinance Office and the Industry Department. For

capital investment generally, statistics on gross

domestic fixed capital formation are produced as part

of the gross domestic product (GDP) estimates.

the annual data are published. The quarterly

estimates are intended for internal reference only and

should not be quoted publicly. Breakdowns are

available for expenditures on plant and machinery and

on building and construction, in respect of both the

public and the private sectors. On investment in

plant and machinery, statistics on retained imports of

capital goods provide another set of indicators. As

there is no separate information on re-investment, on

depreciation, and on the scrapping of existing

capital, the data relate to capital investment in

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