Selected Asian Business Information Sources

Hong Kong

Print Resources | Internet Resources

Print Resources

• The Business Guide to Hong Kong. Singapore : Butterworth Heinemann Asia, 1998. 173 pp.

  LC Call Number:	HF3852 .B87 1998
  Available in:	Asian Reading Room

  A basic sourc for doing business in Hong Kong. It provides practical business advice from Hong Kong's leading experts about how to smooth business transactions and avoid costly mistakes.

  99-161902

• Ching chi tao pao = Economic Reporter. Hong Kong : Economic Information & Agency. 1947 -

  LC Call Number:	HC59.C52975
  Available in:	Asian Reading Room: 6289 Orien China

  A frequently used weekly review of current foreign trade, business and economic information about China and Hong Kong.

  89-640668

• Dun's Guide: Key Decision-Makers in Hong Kong Business. Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. 1997.

  LC Call Number:	HF5263.A3D86
  Available in:	Business Reading Room: Foreign Industrial Directories Alcove

  Lists more than 8,000 directors and senior executives from 1,7000 top local businesses. All companies listed have annual sales turnover of at least HK$150 million, or more than 200 employees. The directory is divided into six sections. Section I - Alphabetical listing of companies, including company name, address, telephone, and fax numbers, business nature, SIC Code, employee size, year of establishment, list of key decision-makers, etc. Section II - Business by Industry Classification. Section III - Business by Employee Range. Section IV - Business by District. Section V - Alphabetical Listing of Public Listed Companies. Section VI - Alphabetical listing of Companies with factory/office in China.

  94-641815

• Dun's Guide: Top 2000 Foreign Enterprises in Hong Kong. Dun & Bradstreet Information Services. 1995/96.

  LC Call Number:	HF3851.8.T67
  Available in:	Business Reading Room: Foreign Industrial Directories Alcove

  Covering the top 2,000 foreign enterprises in Hong Kong, this directory consists of five sections. Section 1 - Alphabetical listing of companies: each entry includes address, telephone and fax numbers, description of business and SIC Code, number of employees, year of establishment, parentage, list of directors and front-line managers. Section 2 - business by SIC code. Section three - Busienss by parent companies. Section 4 - Business by district. Section 5 - Business by employee range.

  96-645762

• Hong Kong Trade Statistics. Annual Supplement. 1997 : Country by Commodity--Imports. Hong Kong. Census and Statistics Dept. 1997.

  LC Call Number:	HF3851.8.T67
  Available in:	Business Reading Room

  Includes summary tables of the annual and monthly values of merchandise imports and exports; imports and exports by country/territory; domestic imports by country/territory; re-exports by country/territory; trade by E.U. country; and trade by SITC classification. Detailed tables show value and quantities of imports by country/territory by SITC code, and values and quantities from E.U. countries by SITC code. In English and Chinese.

  75-643199

Internet Resources

• Hong Kong Statistics
  URL: http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd/hkstat/hkstat.htm
  Publisher: Hong Kong. Census and Statistics Department

  Contains the following links: Hong Kong in Figures; Frequently Asked Statistics; Press Releases on Statistical Data, and Topical Issues of Current Interest.

• Hong Kong Trade Development Council
  URL http://www.tdc.org.hk/
  Publisher: Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

  The Hong Kong Trade Development Council is the official organization set up to promote Hong Kong's trade in goods and services. Provides comprehensive information on doing business with Hong Kong. It has many useful links, such as Statistics, Hong Kong and China Economies, Hong Kong Enterprise Internet Online Product Catalog, Trade Policies and Measures, and Business Reference Sites.

• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Information Centre
  URL: http://info.gov.hk
  Publisher: Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre

  A good place to review major public sector programs and background information on the economy and government departments.

• Hong Kong Economics and Trade Office in San Francisco
  URL: http://www.hongkong.org/
  Publisher: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government

  Features the 1998-99 Hong Kong Budget: key economic indicators, current business news and background information. It also has an electronic reference library, which contains a special collection of materials on Hong Kong. It aims to serve the business community and the general public in the U.S. Materials include books, directories, magazines and newspapers, fact sheets, as well as audio-visual materials from Hong Kong, China, and other Pacific Rim countries.

• South China Morning Post
  URL: http://www.scmp.com/
  Publisher: South China Morning Post Publishers Limited.

  Gives fairly complete stock market reports and current business news information.