LCQ13: Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (written reply by the Secretary for Security, 2 December 2009)

LegCo written reply (2 Dec 2009): about HK$36.6 billion investment since Oct 2003 incl. HK$10.4 billion in property; property investment under 1% of property trading volume (about HK$2.2 trillion, 2004 to H1 2009); 5,604 principal applicants formally approved to 22 Nov 2009; applications 465 in 2004 and 2,997 in 2009 to 22 Nov; 53 refusals. Not recorded: the 'just 0.2% of Hong Kong households' figure (an illustrative ratio built on the stated assumption that each approved applicant is one household, not a programme statistic) and the HK$2.2 trillion market total (context, not the programme). The annex comparing overseas investor schemes is not stored. New rows: 2004 applications (465) and the under-1% property share.