23-42 Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
	(HKD per unit of foreign currency, unless otherwise specified)
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Average for the year①
Australian Dollar	5.93	5.85	6.55	6.63	6.16
Canadian Dollar	6.42	6.85	7.30	7.34	6.83
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	105.26	102.65	97.09	89.00	88.16
Euro	9.68	9.77	10.70	11.45	10.82
Japanese Yen	0.0707	0.0669	0.0664	0.0756	0.0830
Malaysian Ringgit	2.05	2.12	2.27	2.34	2.20
New Taiwan Dollar	0.242	0.242	0.242	0.254	0.243
Philippines Peso	0.144	0.154	0.170	0.180	0.167
Pound Sterling	14.15	14.33	15.62	14.42	12.16
Korean Won	0.0076	0.0081	0.0084	0.0072	0.0061
Singapore Dollar	4.67	4.89	5.18	5.51	5.34
Swiss Franc	6.25	6.21	6.51	7.21	7.16
Thai Baht	0.193	0.205	0.242	0.236	0.226
US Dollar	7.777	7.768	7.801	7.787	7.752
Special Drawing Right	11.48780	11.43077	11.94216	12.31358	11.95320
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	97.4	96.1	91.9	87.1	88.2
Import-weighted	98.1	96.8	92.5	87.1	87.9
Export-weighted②	96.7	95.5	91.3	87.2	88.5
As at end of year③
Australian Dollar	5.68	6.13	6.87	5.37	6.98
Canadian Dollar	6.67	6.68	7.99	6.37	7.38
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	104.16	100.45	93.14	88.64	87.83
Euro	9.18	10.26	11.49	10.93	11.20
Japanese Yen	0.0659	0.0654	0.0697	0.0860	0.0841
Malaysian Ringgit	2.05	2.20	2.36	2.24	2.26
New Taiwan Dollar	0.239	0.245	0.248	0.246	0.249
Philippines Peso	0.150	0.166	0.190	0.168	0.173
Pound Sterling	13.36	15.22	15.59	11.21	12.50
Korean Won	0.0077	0.0084	0.0083	0.0062	0.0067
Singapore Dollar	4.67	5.07	5.43	5.38	5.54
Swiss Franc	5.90	6.38	6.93	7.33	7.53
Thai Baht	0.189	0.220	0.262	0.223	0.233
US Dollar	7.753	7.775	7.802	7.751	7.756
Special Drawing Right	11.08113	11.69521	12.32911	11.93863	12.15900
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong Dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	98.4	94.3	88.6	88.3	86.7
Import-weighted	99.1	94.9	89.0	87.7	86.3
Export-weighted②	97.7	93.6	88.3	89.0	87.2
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.
②Including re-exports and domestic exports.
③Figures are the closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates as at the last trading day of the year.