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Cultural and Creative Industry
About 3.5% of floorspace

The relevant businesses pertinent to cultural and in IBs were associated with
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creative industry (CCI) in IBs include publishing, cultural and creative industry
audio/ video production, advertising/ marketing, business, representing
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specialised design, cultural education, and creative/ 0.82M m GFA
performing arts. It can be seen from
Figure 5 that the CCI had a share
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of some 3.5% (about 0.82M m ) of
floorspace in IBs in form of shop
and services and art studio grouped
under ‘Others’.

Figure 5: Floorspace Occupied by CCI in IBs

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in IBs

SME refers to manufacturing business Almost 80% (71 172) of the surveyed units

which employs less than 100 persons, were found occupied by SMEs, within which
or non-manufacturing business which a majority (56 833) were micro establishment,
employs less than 50 persons. Among employing less than 10 persons. Some other
SME, there are micro-enterprises SME, 18.9% (16 869) of the surveyed units, typically

which are defined as business that warehouse, involved no workers (Figure 6).
employs less than 10 persons.

As at March 2021, there were over
340 000 SMEs in Hong Kong,
constituting more than 98% of total
number of business establishments.

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These SMEs occupied 16.71M m or
61.3% of total floorspace in IBs. Their
usage pattern differed from the territorial
one, notably a higher proportion in shop

and services and were mainly associated
with import/ export, wholesale and retail
trades business.
Figure 6: Size of Establishments in IBs

5. Based on the definition of the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD)

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