Source document
Immigration Department Annual Report 2016, Chapter 2 (English web edition)
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Chapter 2 of the ImmD annual report (Visa and Policies Branch): admission schemes and statistics for visitors, employment, talent schemes, students, dependants etc. (out of scope) and a short CIES section (suspended since 15 Jan 2015; formal approvals, approvals-in-principle and total investment as at 31 Dec 2016). All three CIES numbers were already recorded; nothing else in scope.
What it supports
3 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (3)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)1,526 applications2016-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2017Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 270.8 billion2003-10-27/2016-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2017Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved30,910 persons2003-10-27/2016-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2017Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative CIES formal approvals, approvals-in-principle and investment as at 2016-12-31 (scheme suspended since 15 Jan 2015).
Notes Official annual report (HTML). The CIES paragraph gives cumulative figures since the scheme opened on 27 Oct 2003. Amounts are in Hong Kong dollars ('