Report on "External Direct Investment Statistics of Hong Kong 2004" now available on sale
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    The report "External Direct Investment Statistics of Hong Kong 2004" analyses the inward direct investment and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2004.  It is now available on sale.

     As from reference year 1998, a complete set of external direct investment statistics of Hong Kong is available annually.  The direct investment statistics which cover both inward and outward direct investment provide a complete picture of the direct investment situation of Hong Kong.

     The report contains detailed statistics including inward direct investment by investor country/territory; outward direct investment by recipient country/territory; opinions of direct investors on investment environment of Hong Kong and more detailed information on external direct investment in Hong Kong.

     The external direct investment statistics are compiled based on data obtained from the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources.
 
     This publication is now on sale at HK$41 per issue.  Both print version and download version of the publication can be purchased online at the "Statistical Bookstore, Hong Kong" (http://www.statisticalbookstore.gov.hk).  Download version of the publication can be purchased at 75% of its original price exclusively at the online Statistical Bookstore.  Print version if purchased online is also offered at 85% of its original price at the Statistical Bookstore as well as the Government Bookstore (http://www.isd.gov.hk/eng/bookorder.htm).

     For purchase of print version, this can be done through mail order by returning a completed order form which can be downloaded from the C&SD's website (http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/eng/prod_serv/forms_index.html). Purchase can also be made in person at the Publications Unit of the C&SD (Address: 19/F, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai; Tel. : 2582 3025).

     For enquiries, please call Balance of Payments Branch (2) of the Census and Statistics Department (Tel. : 2116 5113).

Ends/Friday, December 30, 2005
Issued at HKT 16:01

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