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A Report on Support Measures for Small and Medium Enterprises

Appendix 6

Hong Kong's SMEs : size of establishment

(Position as at December 2000)

Sector

Size of establishment (in terms of number of persons engaged)

No. of establishments

No. of establishments as a percentage of all SMEs in the sector(Note 1)

Manufacturing

1-9

17 183

81.98%

 

10-19

2 149

10.25%

 

20-49

1 234

5.89%

 

50-99

393

1.88%

Total for the manufacturing sector

20 959

100.00%

Services

1-9

240 491

88.98%

 

10-19

20 202

7.47%

 

20-49

9 577

3.54%

Total for the services sector

270 270

100.00%

Other

1-9

236

36.31%

industries(Note 2)

10-19

209

32.15%

 

20-49

205

31.54%

Total for other industries

650

100.00%

All sectors

1-9

257 910

88.37%

 

10-19

22 560

7.73%

 

20-49

11 016

3.77%

 

50-99

393

0.13%

Grand total

291 879

100.00%

Source : Quarterly Report of Employment and Vacancies Statistic-December 2000, Census and Statistics Department.


(Note 1) :SMEs refer to manufacturing firms with fewer than 100 employees or non-manufacturing firms with fewer than 50 employees.

(Note 2) : Other industries include construction, mining, quarrying, and electricity and gas industries.

 

Appendix 7 : Major support services for SMEs provided by the Governmment and other support organizations

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Last revision date: 27 June 2002