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1. Throwing money at SMEs won't improve their fitness for business

   Posted Feb 06th 2011, 12:00am by Jake Van Der Kamp

   ... for the scheme in his policy address last October. 'The measures have benefited some 20,000 enterprises and helped preserve more than 330,000 jobs,' he told the legislative council. Those jobs ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/737478/throwing-money-smes-wont-improve-their-fitness-business
2. A quarter of SMEs in Asia to hire additional staff in next six months

   Posted Jul 22nd 2010, 12:00am by Lulu Chen

   ... HSBC Small and Medium Enterprises Lulu Chen HSBC said about a quarter of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia plan to recruit more staff in the next six months, based on a global survey of 6,346 interviewees. Shaun ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/720358/quarter-smes-asia-hire-additional-staff-next-six-months
3. Help on loan interest for hard-hit SMEs

   Posted Jun 29th 2010, 12:00am by Eric Ng

   ... of last September, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. They accounted for 99 per cent of the mainland's enterprises. Providing 80 per cent of jobs in urban ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/718428/help-loan-interest-hard-hit-smes
4. Hong Kong SMEs most pessimistic on rebound

   Posted May 27th 2009, 12:00am by Charlotte So

   ... Geography Small and Medium Enterprises Charlotte So Hong Kong's small to medium-sized enterprises are the most pessimistic about the future among their peers in the Asia-Pacific, according to a new survey, with more than 60 per cent of the city's SMEs predicting a recovery will not happen before 2010. 'Hong Kong was hit hard by the financial meltdown ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/681662/hong-kong-smes-most-pessimistic-rebound
5. Entrepreneurs get training and support

   Posted May 23rd 2009, 12:00am by Andrea Li

   ... of the school's short courses relevant to the SME sector have addressed corporate governance, enterprise risk management, retailing management and yield management. Seminars have dealt with the more ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/681094/entrepreneurs-get-training-and-support
6. Big shoes to fill in frayed supply chain

   Posted Jun 08th 2009, 12:00am by Elaine Chan

   ... with the help of the vast private sector, which has been underused because of various restrictions. The mainland's private sector comprising mainly small and medium-sized enterprises contributes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/683038/big-shoes-fill-frayed-supply-chain
7. In Brief

   Posted Nov 15th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... guarantee scheme for small and medium enterprises, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan said. Speaking to about 40 representatives of SMEs, Mrs Lau also urged business ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/660223/brief
8. Recruitment planned as productivity body moves against the economic tide

   Posted Dec 29th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... than 16 per cent staff turnover to the private sector in the past year, when the economy was still burgeoning. As many SMEs [small and medium-size enterprises] are now scaling down ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665205/recruitment-planned-productivity-body-moves-against-economic-tide
9. Proposals to boost funding schemes too slow, say SMEs

   Posted Oct 22nd 2008, 12:00am by Dennis Eng, Paggie Leung

   ... to HK$1.5 billion. 'This is progressing slowly and there is no timetable,' Small and Medium Enterprises Association chairman Danny Lau Tat-pong said after a meeting with Undersecretary ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/657242/proposals-boost-funding-schemes-too-slow-say-smes
10. ICBC to increase lending to smaller firms by 15pc

    Posted Dec 12th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Small and Medium Enterprises Jane Cai The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the mainland's largest lender, said yesterday it would increase lending to small and medium-sized enterprises by at least 15 per cent in each of the next three years. The bank is among the first to pledge more support to the beleaguered 42 million SMEs across the nation in response ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/663554/icbc-increase-lending-smaller-firms-15pc

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