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- Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2010-11
Question : Please provide details of the consultations on policy making and assessment under all programmes in the following format. Have resources been earmarked for holding consultations in 2010-11? If so, please provide the following details.
Asked by : Hon. EU Yuet-mee, Audrey Reply : Invest Hong Kong has no plan to conduct any consultation on policy making and assessment in 2010-11.
Question : 1. Regarding the nationwide marketing campaign “On Your Marks, Get-set, Go!” aimed at attracting the Mainland privately-owned enterprises to Hong Kong, please advise on the details and assess its effectiveness. 2. Please provide details of the Department’s aftercare support service to companies already established in Hong Kong, and advise on the manpower and expenditure involved. Asked by : Hon. Mrs Regina IP LAU Suk-yee Reply : To encourage and assist more Mainland companies to set up in Hong Kong, Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has launched a three-year nation-wide marketing campaign, “On Your Marks, Get-set, Go!” since 2007. The campaign focuses on seven high-growth provinces across the Mainland and aims to provide privately-owned enterprises with the necessary information and support to expand internationally by using Hong Kong as their gateway. It features a series of high-level seminars, focused workshops and incoming study missions supported by advertising and public relations campaigns. InvestHK has carried out the campaign in the five provinces of Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu and Sichuan. The “On Your Marks, Get-Set, Go” campaign is useful in actively reaching out to companies on the Mainland with the potential to set up in Hong Kong and generating prospective projects. The campaign has enhanced awareness of the services provided by InvestHK amongst Mainland companies. The number of completed Mainland projects has increased from 41 in 2006 to 48 in 2009, resulting in an increase in the number of new jobs to be created, within two years of establishment or expansion of the Mainland companies, from 1 021 in 2006 to 1 621 in 2009. We will continue to organize the campaign in Guangdong and Liaoning before the fourth quarter of 2010. InvestHK provides a wide range of aftercare support services to companies already established in Hong Kong such as assistance in licensing, visa applications for expatriate employees and placement in international schools when these companies expand their businesses in Hong Kong. With enhanced research capability upon the establishment of the Research and Knowledge Management Team, InvestHK will also be able to provide up-to-date analysis of the latest economic developments and offer advice on sector specific opportunities to better support strategic aftercare clients to expand or upgrade their operations. As part of its efforts in delivering the aftercare services, InvestHK also organises sector-focused events to provide networking opportunities with existing foreign investors and strengthen the relationship with overseas, Mainland and Taiwan companies currently in Hong Kong. InvestHK has strengthened its aftercare services to companies in Hong Kong through internal redeployment of existing resources. The estimated expenditure for the new Research and Knowledge Management Team is $1 million and that for organising the above-mentioned sector-focused events is about $2 million.
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