23-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population and Vital Events
Mid-year Population                   (10 000 persons)	673.1	678.3	681.3	685.7	692.6
Crude Birth Rate                                             (‰)	7.0	7.3	8.4	9.6	10.2
Crude Death Rate                                            (‰)	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.6@
Infant Mortality Rate                                      (‰)	2.3	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.7@
(per 1 000 Registered Live Births)
Labour and Employment
Labour Force                               (10 000 persons)	347.3	351.6	353.8	358.1	364.1
Labour Force Participation Rate                      (%)	61.4	61.3	61.0	61.3	61.4
Unemployment Rate                                        (%)	7.9	6.8	5.6	4.8	4.0
Number of Employed Persons in Selected
Industries                                 (10 000 persons)
Manufacturing	26.8	23.1	22.4	21.7	20.4
Construction	26.0	26.2	26.3	26.9	27.8
Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels	98.5	106.4	109.4	110.8	114.7
Transport, Storage and Communications	34.3	35.5	35.6	36.8	37.3
Financing, Insurance, Real
Estate and Business Services	47.2	48.2	50.6	52.9	54.8
Community, Social and Personal  Services	84.6	86.0	87.4	89.6	92.3
Real Wage index①           (September 1992=100)	118.6	115.5	114.9	115.3	116.7
External Merchandise Trade
Imports                                    (HKD 100 million)	18058	21111	23295	25998	28680
Domestic Exports                    (HKD 100 million)	1217	1260	1360	1345	1091
Re-exports                               (HKD 100 million)	16207	18931	21141	23265	25784
External Trade in Services
Exports of Services                (HKD 100 million)	3624.2	4295.9	4954.0	5650.5	6518.2@
Imports of Services                (HKD 100 million)	2034.0	2425.1	2642.4	2879.0	3216.6@
Industrial Production
Index of Industrial Production            (2000=100)	78.3	80.6	82.6	84.4	83.1
Industrial Electricity Consumption      (terajoules)	14851	15430	14636	14015	13104
Industrial Gas Consumption                (terajoules)	1015	955	898	903	895
Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate
Private Buildings Newly Completed
Number of Blocks                             (number)	777	640	778	812	358
Usable Floor Area                     (10 000 sq.m.)
Residential	99.9	103.2	70.9	71.5	45.1
Non-residential	58.8	68.8	51.7	67.3	57.8
Private Buildings with Consent to
Commence Work                    (number of blocks)
First Submission	549	417	356	480	313
Major Revision	157	77	463	164	853
Housing and Property
Number of Permanent Quarters      (10 000 units)
Public Rental Housing②	68.53	69.15	70.92	71.69	71.74
Subsidised Sale Flats③	39.66	39.32	38.88	39.17	39.76
Private Housing④	127.86	130.78	133.31	136.86	138.61
Total	236.05	239.26	243.12	247.72	250.12
Transport, Communications and Tourism
Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo
Total Discharged                         (10 000 tons)	15059	15779	16333	16366	16317
Total Loaded                               (10 000 tons)	9993	10693	10914	11567	12229
Container Throughput                   (10 000 TEUs)	2045	2198	2260	2354	2400
Telephone Services           (10 000 working lines)	382	378	379	384	372
Visitor Arrivals⑤               (10 000 person-times)	1553.7	2181.1	2335.9	2525.1	2816.9
Public Accounts, Money and Finance
(HKD 100 million)
Government’s Reserve Balances⑥	2753	2960	3107	3693	4929
Total Government Revenue⑥⑦	2073	2636	2470	2880	3585
Total Government Spending⑥⑦	2475	2422	2331	2294	2348
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar⑧	21229	22196	23458	27957	33008
Foreign Currency⑨	17352	19700	20614	22942*	28393
Total	38580	41895	44072	50899*	61401
Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the	100.7	98.3	97.4	96.1	91.9
Hong Kong Dollar (trade (import and export)
- weighted)                         (January 2000=100)
Consumer Price Indices
(Oct. 2004-Sep. 2005 = 100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	99.8	99.4	100.3	102.4	104.4
Consumer Price Index(A)	99.3	99.3	100.3	102.1	103.4
Consumer Price Index(B)	99.8	99.4	100.4	102.4	104.7
Consumer Price Index(C)	100.3	99.6	100.3	102.6	105.3
Education                                                   (persons)
Student  Enrolment in Primary Schools	468792	447137	425864	410516	385949
Student  Enrolment in Secondary Schools⑩	470487	476954	482273	484195	486074
Student Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions⑪	90355	91865	91786	91564	92554
Health
Doctors                                                     (persons)	11016	11242	11505	11739	11961
Chinese Medicine Practitioners               (persons)	4738	4986	5133	5268	5540
Hospital Beds                                                (beds)	35526	34400	34119	34532	34928
Social Security
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance⑥
Number of Cases⑫                                 (cases)	290705	296688	297434	294204	285773
Amount⑬                           (HKD 100 million)	173	176	178	176	180@
Social Security Allowances⑥
Number of Cases⑫                                  (cases)	563908	567859	574135	583474	594341
Amount⑬                            (HKD 100 million)	52	52	53	55	60@
Traffic Accident Victims Assistance⑥
Number of Cases Authorised for	7190	7360	7893	7604	7841
Payment                                                (cases)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In Chained (2006) dollars⑭
Annual Growth Rate                                    (%)	3.0	8.5	7.1	7.0@	6.4@
GDP                                    (HKD 100 million)	11874	12879	13791	14759@	15699@
Per Capita GDP                                      (HKD)	176408	189858	202417	215238@	226669@
At Current Market Prices
Annual Growth Rate                                    (%)	-3.3	4.6	7.0	6.7@	9.5@
GDP                                    (HKD 100 million)	12348	12919	13826	14759@	16162@
Per Capita GDP                                      (HKD)	183449	190451	202928	215238@	233358@
Gross National Product(GNP)
At Current Market Prices
GNP                                    (HKD 100 million)	12633	13153	13842	15033@	16785@
Per Capita GNP                                      (HKD)	187682	193902	203170	219226@	242349@
Net External Factor Income Flows	285	234	16	273	623@
(HKD 100 million)
Balance of Payments Account(HKD 100 million)
Current Account⑮	1282.4	1225.12	1569.3	1781.7	2187.3@
Capital and Financial Account⑮	-1790.9	-1846.4	-1824.3	-2099.4	-2504.6@
Net Errors and Omissions⑯	508.5	621.3	255.0	317.7	317.3@
Overall Balance of Payments	75.9	254.9	106.8	467.4	1145.0@
	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)
International Investment Position⑰
Net International Investment Position⑱
(HKD 100 million)	30598	33018	34061	40297	40707@
External Financial Assets       (HKD 100 million)	92023	106987	115883	149987	212988@
External Financial Liabilities (HKD 100 million)	61425	73969	81822	109690	172281@
Notes: ①The Real Wage Indices are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices using the Consumer Price Index (A).
②Figures exclude quarters sold under the Housing Authority Tenants Purchase Scheme.
③Figures cover quarters sold under the Housing Authority Tenants Purchase Scheme but exclude subsidised sale flats that can be traded in
open  market.
④Figures include non-domestic quarters for living purpose and subsidised sale flats that can be traded in open market.
⑤Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
⑥Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2007 represent those for financial year 2007/08.
⑦Figures for 2007 are subject to audit by the Director of Audit.
⑧Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
⑨Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits.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 Hong Kong dollar and thus Chinese Renminbi is also treated as a foreign currency.
⑩Figures cover both day and evening schools.
⑪Institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) are City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan
University,The Chinese University of Hong Kong,The Hong Kong Institute of Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong.  Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes
unless otherwise specified.
⑫Figures are as at end of the financial year.  Financial year is from 1 April to 31 March of the next year, unless otherwise specified.
⑬Figures for 2007/08 including the additional one month of standard rate paymeny and the additional one month of allowance to CSSA and
SSA cases of the year respectively.
⑭Chain volume measures of GDP compiled using the annually re-weighted chain linking approach have been adopted to replace the previous
volume measures at constant 2000 prices.
⑮A positive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a negative value represents a deficit.For the capital
and financial account, a positive value indicates  a net inflow and a negative value indicates a net outflow.  As increases in external assets are
debit entries and decreases are credit entries, a negative value for net change in reserve assets represents a net increase and a positive value
represents a net decrease.
⑯In principle,the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero.In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may however
occur for various reasons as the data are collected from different sources.  Equality between the sum of credit entries and debit entries is
brought about by the inclusion of a balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.
⑰Position as at end of period.
⑱Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.