23-33  Position and Flow of Inward Direct Investment by Major Investor Country/Territory
	(HKD 100 million)
Major Investor	Inward Direct Investment at Market Value
Country/Territory	Position at End of Year			Inflow in Year
	2005	2006	2007	2005	2006	2007
The mainland of China	12719	20243	37374	729	1087	1042
British Virgin Islands	12707	19506	33585	470	788	1093
Netherlands	3271	3909	5305	170	281	380
Bermuda	2715	3501	3832	360	238	277
United States of America	2058	2779	2786	-297	513	358
Japan	1317	1514	1647	141	180	143
United Kingdom	885	1056	1345	137	154	230
Cayman Islands	667	1013	1115	120	184	109
Singapore	843	852	1055	110	81	164
Taiwan, China	300	337	399	35	87	28
Others	3080	3009	3423	640	-94	416
Total	40563	57719	91865	2615	3500	4239
Note : Country/territory here refers to the immediate source economy.  It does not necessarily reflect the country/territory in which the funds
are initially mobilised.