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There are many reasons for wanting to work from home, but those who prefer to do so are either young mothers who want to work and be able to look after their children, or entrepreneurs and one-man-operators who do not need an office.

'These kinds of small businesses can work from home and have a registered office address,' says Andrew Chong, managing director of OneStart Business Centre, which provides virtual office services for home businesses.

Basic services include registered business address, mail and mail forwarding, a telephone operator who can take messages or redirect calls, and e-fax.

Serviced office rooms and meeting rooms rented by the hour are also available.

Carrie Chang, who set up her public relations company, Core PR Consultancy, with three partners who are young mothers, has been using OneStart's services for four years. 'We always go to the clients' offices, so we don't need one. My colleagues also want to work from home to look after their children. But a presentable address is important. The clients trust the address,' she says. The best addresses in her profession are in Central, Admiralty and Causeway Bay, and one should choose depending on accessibility and price.

Chang says: 'Causeway Bay is easy to go to, [the office] is just above the MTR. Central is costlier and further away.'

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