12.
Hong Kong has achieved remarkable economic growth. The
industrial workforce grew from 64,000 in 1947 to 589,500 in 1970 and
900,000 in 1981. GDP per capita in 1981 was US $4697. Foreign
trade in 1982 amounted to about US $42,000 million (imports US
$22,000 million, exports US $20,000 million including reexports US
$7000 million).