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class="infobox-header" style="background:#C40062; color:white;">Agency Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:center; vetical-align:middle; white-space:nowrap;">Establishment</th><td class="infobox-data">2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:center; vetical-align:middle; white-space:nowrap;">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary%27s_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial Secretary's Office">Financial Secretary's Office</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:center; vetical-align:middle; white-space:nowrap;">Headquarter</th><td class="infobox-data">25/F & 26/F, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#C40062; color:white;">Contact</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:center; vetical-align:middle; white-space:nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oge.gov.hk/en/home/">Official Website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p><p>The <b>Office of the Government Economist</b> (OGE), formerly known as the <b>Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit</b>, of the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> government was formed under the Financial Secretary's Office on 1 June 2004, when the <a href="/wiki/HKSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="HKSAR">HKSAR</a> Government merged the Economic Analysis Division (under the Financial Services Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Services_and_the_Treasury_Bureau" title="Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau">Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau</a>) and the Business Facilitation Division (previously under the Commerce and Industry Branch of the Commerce, Industry and Technology 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