| 24-1 Summary of Key Statistics |
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2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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| Population and Vital Events |
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| Mid-year
Population
(10 000 persons) |
685.7 |
692.6 |
697.8 |
700.4 |
706.8 |
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| Crude Birth
Rate
(‰) |
9.6 |
10.2 |
11.3 |
11.7 |
12.5 |
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| Crude Death
Rate
(‰) |
5.5 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
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| Infant
Mortality Rate
(‰) |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
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(per 1 000 Registered Live Births) |
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| Labour and Employment |
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| Labour
Force
(10 000 persons) |
357.2 |
363.0 |
364.9 |
367.7 |
365.4 |
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| Labour Force
Participation Rate
(%) |
61.2 |
61.2 |
60.9 |
60.7 |
59.7 |
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| Unemployment
Rate
(%) |
4.8 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
4.4 |
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| Number of Employed Persons (10 000 persons) |
340.1 |
348.4 |
351.9 |
348.0 |
349.3 |
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| Number of Employed Persons in
Selected |
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| Industries①
(10 000 persons) |
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| Manufacturing |
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16.7 |
15.1 |
13.4 |
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| Construction |
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26.9 |
26.9 |
27.1 |
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| Import/Export Trade and
Wholesale |
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58.7 |
55.9 |
54.3 |
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| Retail, Accommodation and Food
services |
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55.9 |
55.6 |
57.1 |
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| Transportation, Storage, Postal
and Courier Services, |
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43.2 |
42.6 |
42.6 |
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| Information and
Communications |
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| Financing, Insurance, Real
Estate, |
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63.6 |
63.6 |
64.4 |
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| Professional and
Business Services |
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| Public Administration, Social
and |
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84.6 |
86.1 |
87.9 |
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| Personal Services |
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| Real Wage
index②
(September 1992=100) |
115.9 |
117.6 |
123.4 |
120.2 |
121.7 |
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| External Merchandise Trade |
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| Imports
(HKD 100 million) |
25998 |
28680 |
30253 |
26924 |
33648 |
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| Domestic
Exports
(HKD 100 million) |
1345 |
1091 |
908 |
577 |
695 |
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Re-exports
(HKD 100 million) |
23265 |
25784 |
27334 |
24113 |
29615 |
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| External Trade in Services |
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| Exports of
Services
(HKD 100 million) |
5651 |
6609 |
7186 |
6698 |
8269 |
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| Imports of
Services
(HKD 100 million) |
2879 |
3322 |
3665 |
3406 |
3952 |
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| Industrial Production |
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| Index of
Industrial Production
(2008=100) |
108.7 |
107.2 |
100.0 |
91.7 |
95.0 |
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| Industrial
Electricity Consumption (terajoules) |
14015 |
13104 |
12182 |
11143 |
11080 |
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| Industrial Gas
Consumption
(terajoules) |
903 |
895 |
905 |
902 |
917 |
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| Land, Building, Construction and Real
Estate |
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| Private
Buildings Newly Completed |
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Number of Blocks
(number) |
812 |
358 |
755 |
669 |
278 |
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Usable Floor Area
(10 000 sq.m.) |
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Residential |
71.5 |
45.1 |
43.4 |
44.3 |
61.2 |
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Non-residential |
67.3 |
57.8 |
66.3 |
37.2 |
52.8 |
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| Private
Buildings with Consent to |
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| Commence
Work
(number of blocks) |
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First Submission |
480 |
313 |
273 |
403 |
512 |
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Major Revision |
164 |
853 |
111 |
182 |
254 |
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| Housing and Property |
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| Number of
Permanent Quarters (10 000 units) |
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Public Rental Housing③ |
71.69 |
71.74 |
72.16 |
74.12 |
74.46 |
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Subsidised Sale Flats③④ |
39.17 |
39.76 |
39.70 |
39.58 |
39.29 |
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Private Housing④⑤ |
136.86 |
138.61 |
139.87 |
140.94 |
142.34 |
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Total |
247.72 |
250.12 |
251.73 |
254.64 |
256.10 |
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| Transport, Communications and
Tourism |
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| Inward and
Outward Movements of Cargo |
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Total Discharged
(10 000 tons) |
16366 |
16317 |
16571 |
15567 |
17282 |
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Total Loaded
(10 000 tons) |
11567 |
12229 |
12916 |
11745 |
12882 |
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| Container
Throughput
(10 000 TEUs) |
2354 |
2400 |
2449 |
2104 |
2370 |
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| Telephone
Services
(10 000 working lines) |
384 |
409 |
411 |
419 |
426 |
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| Visitor
Arrivals⑥
(10 000 person-times) |
2525.1 |
2816.9 |
2950.7 |
2959.1 |
3603.0 |
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| Public Accounts, Money and
Finance |
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(HKD 100 million) |
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| Government’s
Reserve Balances⑦ |
3693 |
4929 |
4944 |
5203 |
5954 |
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| Total
Government Revenue⑦⑧ |
2880 |
3585 |
3166 |
3184 |
3765 |
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| Total
Government Expenditure⑦⑧ |
2294 |
2348 |
3151 |
2925 |
3014 |
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| Money Supply
M3 |
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Hong Kong Dollar⑨ |
27955 |
33005 |
32613 |
36048 |
38782 |
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Foreign Currency⑩ |
22942 |
28393 |
30394 |
30220 |
32781 |
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Total |
50897 |
61398 |
63008 |
66268 |
71563 |
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| Effective
Exchange Rate Indices for the |
96.1 |
91.9 |
87.1 |
88.2 |
86.2 |
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Hong Kong Dollar (trade (import and export) |
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- weighted)
(January 2000=100) |
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| Consumer Price Indices |
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(Oct. 2009-Sep. 2010 = 100) |
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| Composite
Consumer Price Index |
92.0 |
93.8 |
97.8 |
98.4 |
100.7 |
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| Consumer Price
Index(A) |
93.3 |
94.4 |
97.8 |
98.3 |
100.8 |
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| Consumer Price
Index(B) |
91.5 |
93.5 |
97.8 |
98.4 |
100.6 |
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| Consumer Price
Index(C) |
91.1 |
93.5 |
97.9 |
98.5 |
100.6 |
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| Education
(person) |
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| Student Enrolment in Primary Schools |
410516 |
385949 |
365056 |
344748 |
331112 |
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| Student Enrolment in Secondary Schools⑪ |
489498 |
492410 |
489362 |
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458131 |
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| Student
Enrolment in Institutions⑫ |
91564 |
171580 |
182499 |
158043 |
164857 |
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| Health |
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| Doctors
(person) |
11739 |
11961 |
12215 |
12424 |
12620 |
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| Chinese
Medicine Practitioners
(person) |
5268 |
5540 |
5860 |
6048 |
6241 |
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| Hospital
Beds
(bed) |
34532 |
34928 |
35048 |
35062 |
35525 |
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| Social Security |
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| Comprehensive
Social Security Assistance⑦ |
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Number of Cases⑬
(case) |
294204 |
285773 |
289469 |
287822 |
282732 |
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Amount
(HKD 100 million) |
176 |
180 |
186 |
190 |
185 |
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| Social
Security Allowances⑦ |
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Number of Cases⑬
(case) |
583474 |
594341 |
612128 |
627816 |
642979 |
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Amount
(HKD 100 million) |
55 |
60 |
88 |
89 |
91 |
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| Traffic
Accident Victims Assistance⑦ |
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Number of Cases Authorised for |
7604 |
7841 |
7224 |
7350 |
7203 |
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Payment
(case) |
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| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
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| In Chained
(2009) dollars⑭ |
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Annual Growth Rate
(%) |
7.0 |
6.4 |
2.3 |
-2.7 |
7.0 |
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GDP
(HKD 100 million) |
15313 |
16291 |
16667 |
16223 |
17354 |
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Per Capita GDP
(HKD) |
223309 |
235217 |
238856 |
231638 |
245536 |
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| At Current
Market Prices |
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Annual Growth Rate
(%) |
6.7 |
9.5 |
3.8 |
-3.3 |
7.5 |
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GDP
(HKD 100 million) |
14754 |
16156 |
16770 |
16223 |
17439 |
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Per Capita GDP
(HKD) |
215158 |
233266 |
240339 |
231638 |
246733 |
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| Gross National Product(GNP) |
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| At Current
Market Prices |
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GNP
(HKD 100 million) |
15027 |
16600 |
17603 |
16652 |
17804 |
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Per Capita GNP
(HKD) |
219146 |
239682 |
252278 |
237758 |
251907 |
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Net External Factor Income Flows |
273 |
444 |
833 |
429 |
366 |
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(HKD 100 million) |
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| Balance of Payments Account(HKD 100
million) |
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| Current
Account |
1781.7 |
1992.8 |
2295.1 |
1392.5 |
1082.4 |
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| Capital and
Financial Account |
-2099.4 |
-2592.5 |
-2311.6 |
-1553.7 |
-1374.1 |
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| Net Errors and
Omissions |
317.7 |
599.7 |
16.6 |
161.2 |
291.7 |
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| Overall
Balance of Payments |
467.4 |
1145.0 |
2638.7 |
5492.6 |
710.9 |
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(in surplus) |
(in surplus) |
(in surplus) |
(in surplus) |
(in surplus) |
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| International Investment
Position⑮ |
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| Net International
Investment Position⑯ |
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(HKD 100 million) |
40297 |
37736 |
48267 |
55844 |
53940 |
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| External Financial
Assets
(HKD 100 million) |
149987 |
211941 |
175213 |
198115 |
224315 |
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| External Financial
Liabilities (HKD 100 million) |
109690 |
174205 |
126946 |
142271 |
170375 |
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| Notes: ①Starting from 2009, figures are
compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version
2.0 and the series has been backcasted to 2008. |
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②The Real Wage Indices
are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices by the 2009/10-based
Consumer Price Index (A).Wage statistics are |
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compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification
(HSIC) Version 2.0. |
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③Public rental housing
flats sold by the Housing Authority are classified as subsidised sale flats. |
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④Subsidised sale flats
include quarters sold by the Housing Authority and Hong Kong Housing Society
that cannot be traded in the open |
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market. Those flats that can be traded in the open market are
classified as private permanent housing. |
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⑤Figures include
non-domestic quarters for living purpose. |
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⑥Figures include
arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao. |
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⑦Figures are for the
corresponding financial year. For
example, figures for 2010 represent those for financial year 2010/11. |
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⑧Figures for 2010 are
subject to audit by the Director of Audit. |
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⑨Figures are adjusted
to include foreign currency swap deposits. |
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⑩Figures are adjusted
to exclude foreign currency swap deposits.Hong Kong dollar is the legal
tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative |
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Region, as stated in “The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China”. Foreign currency |
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refers to any currency other than Hong Kong dollar and thus Chinese
Renminbi is also treated as a foreign currency. |
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⑪Figures cover both day and evening schools. |
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⑫Refer to City
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan University,The Chinese University of
Hong Kong, |
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The Hong Kong Institute of Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, The Hong Kong University
of Science and |
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Technology and The University of Hong Kong. Figures include students attending
University Grants Committee-funded programmes and |
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students attending locally accredited self-financing programmes
offered by institution proper and their continuation education arms. |
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⑬Figures are as at
end of the financial year.
Financial year is from 1 April to 31 March of the next year, unless
otherwise specified. |
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⑭The chain volume
measures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its components have been
re-referenced from 2008 to 2009. |
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Re-referencing affects the levels, but not the rates of change, of the
chain volume measures. |
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⑮Position as at end
of period. |
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⑯Net international
investment position is the difference between total external financial assets
and total external financial liabilities. |
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