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Chart 4: Position of Inward Direct Investment in Hong Kong at Market Value by Major Investor Country/Territory at end-2004

Others

18.4% ($649.6 billion)

United States 6.9% ($243.5 billion)-

Bermuda

7.7% ($272.2 billion)

Netherlands

8.7% ($307.2 billion)

British Virgin Islands

29.2% ($1,029.3 billion)

The Mainland of China 29.0% ($1,020.1 billion)

Note: British Virgin Islands and Bermuda are important offshore financial centres commonly used by investors to channel inward direct investment funds to Hong Kong.

Chart 5: Number of Hong Kong Enterprise Groups (HKEGs) with Inward Direct Investment by Employment Size in mid-2004

No. of HKEGS

8 000

7.000

6-821

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 412

1 000

524

466

88

65

20

0

Less than 20

20 - 49

50 - 99

100 - 499

500 - 999

1 000 - 2 999 3 000 or more

Employment Size