Hong Kong Private Limited Company is one of the most advanced models of business entity, and enjoys the territorial tax regime; though a resident company it enjoys the advantages of an offshore company.

1. Having Your Business Presence in the Heart of
Asia

2. Contents
1. Hong Kong – Fact at a Glance
2. Hong Kong – The Place for your Business
3. Business Vehicles for your choice
4. HK Company – Your Distinctive choice
5. HK Company Features
6. Use of a HK company
7. HK Company Incorporation Procedure
8. HK Company Incorporations 2007-2010
9. AM Abacus Group – Excellence in Offshore
Corporate Services

3. Hong Kong – Facts at a Glance
General
• Location : Strategically
located in Asia Pacific region,
close to mainland China
• GDP Per Cap : US$ 42,700
• GDP Growth : 2.2%
• Currency: HK Dollar
• Official Languages: Chinese &
English
• Population : 7.089 Mn
• Time Zone: GMT + 8
Society
• Robust and transparent legal
system based on English
Common law
• Free trade, free enterprise
and minimum Government
intervention
• Highly-educated workforce &
entrepreneurial culture
• World-class communications
technology, banking ,
insurance & professional
services
• Convenient, safe and
cosmopolitan city
Economy

4. Hong Kong – Facts at a Glance
Economy
• International center for trade,
commerce & Finance
• World's freest economy &
13th largest trading economy
• 3rd largest stock market in
Asia
• Asia's largest venture capital
centre
• World's busiest airport for
international cargo
• Stable and fully convertible
currency linked to US$
China Connections
• Unrivalled experience in
doing business with China
• Largest source of foreign
investment in China
• Preferential access to China
market via Closer Economic
Partnership Agreement
(CEPA)
• Extensive rail, road and sea
and air links
• China's key offshore capital-
raising centre

5. Hong Kong ….The Place for your Business
• Internationally renowned to be a uniquely global business city,
strategically located in the heart of Asia and doorstep of China
• The unique and the most sensible choice to establish a regional
base in Asia and is frequently used as a hub for trading with China
• The world’s largest financial centre after New York and London
with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange being the most active in Asia
• 13 gainful Double Taxation Avoidance Treaties with the world's
major trading nations, including recent additions of Indonesia and
Japan
• Hong Kong Company registry proudly boasts of over 1.5Mn
company incorporations up to now

6. Business Vehicles for your choice
The most common forms of business vehicles for foreign companies
wishing to carry on business in Hong Kong are:
• A company incorporated in Hong Kong (HK Company);
– Could be public or private and limited by shares or by guarantee
• A branch office of that foreign company; or
• The establishment of a representative office in Hong Kong
Also possible, but less common, are:
• Sole proprietorships
• Partnerships and
• Limited partnerships
The most common form of company in Hong Kong is a private
limited company

7. HK Company – Your Distinctive Choice
• Territorial tax regime which exempts offshore income from
tax
• Wide choice of world class banks to open your bank
account
• Freedom in financial activity & Money transfer
• Favorable benefits of the double taxation treaty with china
• Internationally adapted legal system with strong client
confidentiality laws

8. HK Company – Features
• Flexible choice of company name
• No restrictions on the business scope and activity
• Minimum Share Capital of HK$ 1 (Standard Authorised share capital
is HKD 10,000)
• Registered address in Hong Kong
• One Individual Director, One Shareholder, One local company
secretary
– The same person can be the secretary, director and shareholder
– sole director of a company cannot also be the secretary
– No Nationality restriction for shareholders and Directors
• Incorporation timeline 4-7 days

9. Use of a HK Company
A Hong Kong companies can be incorporated for a broad
variety of business/planning reasons;
• Trading
• Re-invoicing
• Investment Holdings
• Income
• Banking
• China Market Entry
• Venture Consulting
• Contingency planning
• Properties Holdings

10. HK Company –Incorporation Procedure
Applying for COI
• Proposed name must be filled and
approved by the Registrar of
companies
• A company may be incorporated in
by submitting to the Registrar of
following:
• M & A of the proposed company;
• a completed incorporation form
(containing information on
particulars of first directors, first
secretary, founder members, share
capital, as well as the address of the
registered office of the company);
and;
• Prescribed Fee
• The Registrar of Companies will then
issue a certificate of incorporation
Applying for Business Registration
Certificate
• Every limited company is required
to hold a valid Business Registration
Certificate (BR Cert) which is issued
and regulated by the Inland
Revenue Department (IRD)
• A copy of CI and BR Cert application
form shall be submitted to IRD
together with the prescribed fee.
The BR Cert will be issued instantly.

11. Excellence in Offshore Corporate Services
AM. Abacus Group, having its offices in Hong Kong, offers company
incorporation administration services to its clients worldwide.
Spearheaded by a team of dedicated professionals specialized in
International Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering and Law,
AM. Abacus Group constantly aims at highest customer satisfaction
and business excellence by offering prolific tailor-made corporate
structure solutions at a fast turnaround time.
AM. Abacus Group

12. Other Hong Kong offerings
• Listing of companies in Hong Kong stock
exchange (HKEX)
• Registration of trade marks
• Immigration to Hong Kong
• Work visa for Hong Kong

13. Contact Us:
AM Abacus (HK) Limited,
Level 12, Infinitus Plaza,
199 Des Voeux Road Central,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Phone: +852 3796 3022
Email: enquiry@amabacus.hk
Web: www.amabacus.hk