24-42  Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
		(HKD per unit of foreign currency, unless otherwise specified)
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Average for the year①
Australian Dollar	4.25	5.08	5.73	5.93	5.85
Canadian Dollar	4.97	5.58	6.00	6.42	6.85
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	105.84	105.86	106.21	105.26	102.65
Euro②	7.38	8.81	9.69	9.68	9.77
Japanese Yen	0.0625	0.0673	0.0720	0.0707	0.0669
Malaysian Ringgit	2.04	2.04	2.04	2.05	2.12
New Taiwan Dollar	0.229	0.227	0.233	0.242	0.242
Philippines Peso	0.156	0.146	0.14	0.144	0.154
Pound Sterling	11.73	12.73	14.27	14.15	14.33
Korean Won	0.0063	0.0065	0.0068	0.0076	0.0081
Singapore Dollar	4.36	4.47	4.61	4.67	4.89
Swiss Franc	5.03	5.79	6.28	6.25	6.21
Thai Baht	0.182	0.188	0.193	0.193	0.205
US Dollar	7.799	7.787	7.788	7.777	7.768
Special Drawing Right	10.10470	10.90920	11.53777	11.48780	11.43077
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	104.0	100.7	98.3	97.4	96.1
Import-weighted	104.7	101.6	99.2	98.1	96.8
Export-weighted③	103.3	99.8	97.3	96.7	95.5
As at end of year④
Australian Dollar	4.41	5.83	6.06	5.68	6.13
Canadian Dollar	4.95	6.00	6.46	6.67	6.68
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	105.82	106.67	106.38	104.16	100.45
Euro②	8.17	9.77	10.60	9.18	10.26
Japanese Yen	0.0657	0.0726	0.0758	0.0659	0.0654
Malaysian Ringgit	2.04	2.04	2.05	2.05	2.20
New Taiwan Dollar	0.228	0.227	0.242	0.239	0.245
Philippines Peso	0.150	0.143	0.143	0.150	0.166
Pound Sterling	12.51	13.83	14.99	13.36	15.22
Korean Won	0.0066	0.0065	0.0075	0.0077	0.0084
Singapore Dollar	4.49	4.57	4.77	4.67	5.07
Swiss Franc	5.61	6.27	6.86	5.90	6.38
Thai Baht	0.181	0.196	0.199	0.189	0.220
US Dollar	7.798	7.763	7.774	7.753	7.775
Special Drawing Right	10.60154	11.53559	12.07310	11.08113	11.69521
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	102.0	98.8	96.0	98.4	94.3
Import-weighted	102.7	99.8	96.8	99.1	94.9
Export-weighted③	101.2	97.7	95.2	97.7	93.6
Notes : Hong Kong Dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency.
Accordingly, Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency.
①Figures are the averages of the daily closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates for the year.
②Euro is a unified currency of 12 European Union member countries, which was  launched on 1 January 1999. As from 1 January 2002, Euro
notes and coins have replaced notes and coins in national currencies of participating countries of the Euro.
③Including re-exports and domestic exports.
④Figures are the closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates as at the last trading day of the year.