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Table 16
(Chapter 5: Commerce and Industry)
(a) Number of Regional Headquarters by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
2003
2007
2008
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number of regional headquarters
966
1 246
1 298
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
242
25.1
298
23.9
311
24.0
Japan
168
17.4
232
18.6
238
18.3
United Kingdom
86
8.9
124
10.0
119
9.2
The mainland of China
84
8.7
93
7.5
95
7.3
Germany
56
5.8
76
6.1
77
5.9
France
44
4.6
56
4.5
59
4.5
Switzerland
40
4.1
47
3.8
53
4.1
Netherlands
38
3.9
50
4.0
50
3.9
Singapore
22
2.3
43
3.5
46
3.5
Italy
7
0.7
27
2.2
32
2.5
Taiwan
18
1.9
28
2.2
26
2.0
Australia
22
2.3
21
1.7
19
1.5
Korea
Sweden
Denmark
15
1.6
16
1.3
19
1.5
16
1.7
20
1.6
18
1.4
10
1.0
11
0.9
15
1.2
(b) Number of Regional Offices by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
Number of regional offices
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom
Taiwan
Germany
The mainland of China
France
Singapore
Switzerland
Australia
Korea
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden Canada
2003
2007
2008
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
2 241
2 644
2 584
498
22.2
593
22.4
612
23.7
442
19.7
516
19.5
494
19.1
196
8.7
223
8.4
234
9.1
111
5.0
155
5.9
158
6.1
122
5.4
129
4.9
133
5.1
148
6.6
152
5.7
128
5.0
101
4.5
121
4.6
111
4.3
81
3.6
105
4.0
98
3.8
61
2.7
64
2.4
63
2.4
45
2.0
69
2.6
61
2.4
60
2.7
64
2.4
56
2.2
41
1.8
57
2.2
52
2.0
55
2.5
51
1.9
51
2.0
28
1.2
36
1.4
43
1.7
27
1.2
32
1.2
32
1.2
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