50% of export earnings and providing some 250,000 jobs directly and indirectly. According to the knowledge-based Norway which is a research project in that country, “The Norwegian oil and gas industry was built upon established Norwegian competences in mining (geophysics), maritime operations and maritime construction (yards), with invaluable inputs from foreign operators and suppliers.”
knowledge-based activities. At the same time, the economic and financial integration between Hong Kong and the Mainland has been going from strength to strength, creating abundant business opportunities for a wide range of services. These evolving developments have seen rapid expansion in Hong Kong’s services sector over the past years.
We are already know about Hong Kong’s services sector
Ⅱ. Economic Environment
The economic trends of a country are very influential over business operations. Singapore's economy has shown continued resilience against most global crisis, and has rebounded with a record 13% growth from the recent global economy downturn. This rebound not only showed that the Singapore's forward-looking and alert damage-control measures are always in place and
1. History
APEC was established in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies and to the need to advance Asia-Pacific economic dynamism and sense of community.
APEC began in 1989, when Australia hosted the first annual meeting of Foreign and Trade Ministers from 12 Asia-Pacific economies to discuss ways to increase cooperation in this fast-expanding region of the w