23-36  Number of Regional Offices in Hong Kong by Country/Territory of the Parent Company
	(unit)
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of regional offices	2241	2511	2631	2617	2644
in Hong Kong①
Coutry/territory of the Parent Company②
United States of America	498	557	606	594	593
Japan	442	515	537	519	516
United Kingdom	196	211	215	223	223
Taiwan, China	111	128	133	149	155
The mainland of China	148	156	160	156	152
Germany	122	135	139	136	129
France	101	106	110	117	121
Singapore	81	97	103	106	105
Australia	45	57	69	65	69
Switzerland	61	70	73	68	64
Republic of Korea	60	67	68	62	64
Italy	41	54	53	52	57
Netherlands	55	52	50	47	51
Sweden	28	33	33	34	36
Canada	27	29	25	31	32
Notes : Figures refer to the first working day of June of the year. A regional office is an office that coordinates offices and/or operations in the region
(i.e. Hong Kong plus one or more other places) on behalf of its parent company located outside Hong Kong. In the case of a joint-ventured
regional office in Hong Kong, there may be more than one country/territory of its parent company/companies.
①Definition of regional office has been revised from 2006 onwards.  Figures for regional office for 2006 and onwards presented above
may not be strictly comparable with those before 2006.
②Prior to 2005, figures refer to the country/territory where parent companies are incorporated. As from 2005, figures refer to the country/
territory where parent companies are located.