Hong Kong has once again proven its allure for foreign companies, with UK-based Amacis Ltd, an e-channel and m-channel management sofware company, choosing the SAR as the location for its first office in the Asia Pacific region.
Amacis, which has a US headquarters in Boston, an R&D facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and offices in London, provides customer relationship management software and said Hong Kong was the logical choice for the company's expansion.
During a visit earlier this week to Hong Kong's Director-General of Investment Promotion, Mike Rowse, Amacis' Vice President (Services), Mike Francis, said Hong Kong was 'strategically located in the Greater China region where the internet population is growing at a phenomenal rate. This will in turn create a sizeable market for e-business related applications.' He continued: 'Hong Kong is well-known for its clustering of sophisticated service industries. It not only provides an excellent test bed for our core products, but also serves as a good operating base for us to expand into other key markets in the Asia Pacific.'
Amacis has its eye on China in particular. The number of Internet users in Greater China surpassed 24 million in the fourth quarter of 2000, according to the latest findings from Internet measurement specialist Interactive Audience Measurement Asia (imasia).
Mr Rowse of Invest Hong Kong welcomed Amacis' move to Hong Kong which serves as a springboard to the Asia Pacific where there are countless business opportunities in the IT sector. He said: 'As for the operating environment, Hong Kong closely matches the factors which overseas companies consider critical in their siting of regional headquarters or offices.' These factors, according to the investment promotion agency, include political stability, a free-market economy, rule of law, proximity to key markets, good infrastructure and availability of professional services.
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