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Table 3 :

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Remittances and other unrequited transfers by Hong Kong residents to China (*)

HK$Mn

US$Mn

1971

656

109

1972

776

138

1973

1,019

198

1974

1,164

229

1975

1,217

246

1976

1,559

318

1977

1,788

384

1978

2,087

445

1979

2,684

537

1980

3,389

681

1981

4,121

737

1982

4,719

777

Note : (*)

Remittances and other unrequited transfers by Hong Kong residents to China were assumed to be equivalent to 3% of Hong Kong's GDP throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s.

12.

(d) Investment earnings

Again only very fragmentary data are

available. Dr Jao has tried to divide China's

investments in Hong Kong into those in the financial

sector and others. As the financial statements of

financial institutions are much more readily

available than those of non-financial establishments,

the net worth and profits of the former can be estimated with greater confidence than those of the

latter.

13.

According to Dr Jao's estimates, the net

worth of China's financial institutions at the end of

1980 was probably in the region of HK$7,743 million (US$1,556 million) and the net worth of China's

non-financial establishments was about HK$1,990

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