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1. News - Hong Kong - BUSINESS

   Small is beautiful when it comes to making it big in business

   Posted Feb 16th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Cheng

   ... and medium-sized enterprises (SME) account for about 98 per cent of the city's economy and provided 47 per cent of total employment - excluding the civil service - at the end of last year, according ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1151197/small-beautiful-when-it-comes-making-it-big-business
2. News - Hong Kong

   Hong Kong's small businesses bouncing back: survey

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 01:09pm by SCMP staff

   ... News Hong Kong Business Economy Hong Kong Economy Small and medium-sized Enterprises SCMP staff Hong Kong’s economy is continuing to gain ground, with a quarterly business survey pointing to improving confidence among the city’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), although respondents are calling for tax relief and government action to curb soaring rentals. The Standard Chartered ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124618/hong-kongs-small-businesses-bouncing-back-survey
3. Business - Economy - ECONOMY

   Smaller firms more confident about Hong Kong's economic outlook

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by CHRALOTTE SO

   ... Business Economy Hong Kong Economy Small and medium-sized Enterprises Retail Sales Manufacturing in Hong Kong Charlotte So charlotte.so@scmp.com Hong Kong's small and medium-sized enterprises have turned positive on the outlook for the economy in the first quarter in the face of improving prospects on the mainland and the easing of the fiscal crisis in the United States. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1125117/smaller-firms-more-confident-about-hong-kongs-economic-outlook
4. Business - Economy - TAXATION

   Tax relief for more mainland companies

   Posted Oct 23rd 2012, 12:00am by Victoria Ruan

   ... and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that generate about half the nation's tax revenues and 80 per cent of the urban jobs, have been hit hard by the economic slowdown. Li acknowledged the reform has ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1067506/tax-relief-more-mainland-companies
5. Up to 70pc of loans guaranteed for small and medium-sized enterprises

   Posted Nov 16th 2010, 12:00am by Dennis Eng

   ... The minimum annual guarantee fee is 0.5 per cent of the loan amount. The covered loans are to be used for general working capital for the business operations of small and medium-sized enterprises ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/730610/70pc-loans-guaranteed-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises
6. 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
7. 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
8. Recruitment planned as productivity body moves against the economic tide

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

   ... Small and Medium Enterprises Daniel Sin The Hong Kong Productivity Council hails corporate social responsibility as one of its central values. So is it prepared to set an example when so ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665205/recruitment-planned-productivity-body-moves-against-economic-tide
9. In Brief

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

   ... single-block buildings of low rateable values. Meanwhile, the existing survey on business operation and costs, which covers 15,000 enterprises, will expand its scope to cover more 3,000 small ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/660223/brief
10. 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

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