LCQ15: Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (written reply by the Secretary for Security, 9 June 2004)

LegCo written reply (9 June 2004): applications to 29 May 2004 (339) by applicant category, formal approvals (111) by investment type, approvals-in-principle (82), one rejection, investment of about HK$796 million (financial assets 509, real estate 287), average HK$7.17 million per entrant, expected HK$500 million from AIP holders and 'over HK$1.3 billion' combined; HK$6.5 million threshold; comparisons with other countries' thresholds (HK$2 million to over HK$10 million; Singapore S$1.5 million), which concern other programmes and are not recorded. 'About HK$800 million' in para (b) is a rounding of the 796 already recorded. New: average investment (new indicator rbi_investment_average), expected investment, combined HK$1.3 billion (projection) and a threshold term row.