23-36  Number of Regional Offices in Hong Kong by Country/Territory of the Parent Company
	(unit)
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of regional offices	2511	2631	2617	2644	2584
in Hong Kong①
Country/territory of the Parent Company②
United States of America	557	606	594	593	612
Japan	515	537	519	516	494
United Kingdom	211	215	223	223	234
Taiwan, China	128	133	149	155	158
Germany	135	139	136	129	133
The mainland of China	156	160	156	152	128
France	106	110	117	121	111
Singapore	97	103	106	105	98
Switzerland	70	73	68	64	63
Australia	57	69	65	69	61
Republic of Korea	67	68	62	64	56
Italy	54	53	52	57	52
Netherlands	52	50	47	51	51
Sweden	33	33	34	36	43
Canada	29	25	31	32	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.