24-42 Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
	(HKD per unit of foreign currency, unless otherwise specified)
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Average for the year①
Australian Dollar	5.85	6.55	6.63	6.16	7.15
Canadian Dollar	6.85	7.30	7.34	6.83	7.54
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	102.65	97.09	89.00	88.16	86.93
Euro	9.77	10.70	11.45	10.82	10.31
Japanese Yen	0.0669	0.0664	0.0756	0.0830	0.0888
Malaysian Ringgit	2.12	2.27	2.34	2.20	2.42
New Taiwan Dollar	0.242	0.242	0.254	0.243	0.255
Philippines Peso	0.154	0.170	0.180	0.167	0.175
Pound Sterling	14.33	15.62	14.42	12.16	12.01
Korean Won	0.0081	0.0084	0.0072	0.0061	0.0067
Singapore Dollar	4.89	5.18	5.51	5.34	5.71
Swiss Franc	6.21	6.51	7.21	7.16	7.47
Thai Baht	0.205	0.242	0.236	0.226	0.245
US Dollar	7.768	7.801	7.787	7.752	7.769
Special Drawing Right	11.43077	11.94216	12.31358	11.95320	11.85099
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	96.1	91.9	87.1	88.2	86.2
Import-weighted	96.8	92.5	87.1	87.9	85.3
Export-weighted②	95.5	91.3	87.2	88.5	87.2
As at end of year③
Australian Dollar	6.13	6.87	5.37	6.98	7.92
Canadian Dollar	6.68	7.99	6.37	7.38	7.78
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	100.45	93.14	88.64	87.83	84.63
Euro	10.26	11.49	10.93	11.20	10.39
Japanese Yen	0.0654	0.0697	0.0860	0.0841	0.0956
Malaysian Ringgit	2.20	2.36	2.24	2.26	2.52
New Taiwan Dollar	0.245	0.248	0.246	0.249	0.275
Philippines Peso	0.166	0.190	0.168	0.173	0.178
Pound Sterling	15.22	15.59	11.21	12.50	12.04
Korean Won	0.0084	0.0083	0.0062	0.0067	0.0069
Singapore Dollar	5.07	5.43	5.38	5.54	6.06
Swiss Franc	6.38	6.93	7.33	7.53	8.31
Thai Baht	0.220	0.262	0.223	0.233	0.259
US Dollar	7.775	7.802	7.751	7.756	7.775
Special Drawing Right	11.69521	12.32911	11.93863	12.15900	11.98913
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong Dollar
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	94.3	88.6	88.3	86.7	83.6
Import-weighted	94.9	89.0	87.7	86.3	82.2
Export-weighted②	93.6	88.3	89.0	87.2	85.2
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.