Foreign direct investment came mainly from nine countries and regions across Asia, Oceania, Latin America and North America, the details of which are shown in Table 7.43.5.
Approved contracts | Actual utilization | ||||
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Mode | Number | Total value (US$ million) year's total value | % change over previous year | Total value (US$ million) year's total value | % change over previous year |
1995 | |||||
Direct foreign investment: | 56 | 101.55 | -82.09 | ||
Equity joint ventures | 28 | 52.45 | -82.73 | ||
Contractual joint ventures | 9 | 19.25 | 68.71 | ||
Solely foreign-owned enterprises | 19 | 29.85 | -88.15 | ||
2000 | |||||
Direct foreign investment: | 17 | 6.03 | -86.51 | 36.29 | -16.38 |
Equity joint ventures | 6 | 6.03 | -47.57 | ||
Contractual joint ventures | 1 | 0.06 | - | ||
Solely foreign-owned enterprises | 10 | 6.92 | -86.52 |
Source | No. of contracts | Contracted value(US$ million) | Actually utilized (US$ million) |
---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong | 6 | 3.37 | 7.84 |
Macao | 2.2 | ||
Taiwan Province | 1.32 | 0.8 | |
ASEAN | 3 | 0.62 | 3.65 |
Singapore | 2 | 0.26 | 3.65 |
Japan | 1 | 0.1 | 0.32 |
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2.60 | 3.74 |
USA | 2 | 0.44 | 1.91 |