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1.
INFORMATION NOTE
pa.
indicated
investment in
As we have
on overseas
before, we do not collect statistics
sectors other than the manufacturing. The amount
in manufacturing industry below represents only a
total investment. Also, we do not keep statistics
Nevertheless, we have
of investment
fraction of
on Hong Kong's investments
overseas.
tried to include in this paper as much information as we could
collate from a number of sources.
Japan
2.
1985.
Japan has stepped up its investment in Hong Kong since
According to statistics published by Japan's Ministry of
Finance, Hong Kong is the second largest destination of Japanese
investment in Asia.
As at March 1993, cumulative Japanese
investment in Hong Kong amounted to about HK$89 billion.
3.
years
in
the
Japan has become the single largest investor in recent
manufacturing sector
in Hong Kong, with
investment in the electronics and electrical
Up to the end of 1991, cumulative Japanese
sector is estimated to have
particularly heavy
products industries.
investment in the manufacturing
stood at about HK$11 billion.
4.
Japan also
enjoys a major presence in sectors such as
banking, insurance and commercial and other business services.
More of the authorised institutions practising in these fields
in Hong Kong are owned by Japanese concerns than by any other
country's concerns.
As at the end of 1992, there were in Hong
Kong
37 licenced banks, 12 restricted licence banks, 35 deposit
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