When dollars are quoted in this report
they are Hong Kong dollars, unless otherwise stated.
Since October 17, 1983, the Hong Kong dollar has been linked to the US dollar,
through an arrangement in the note-issue mechanism, at a fixed rate
of HK$7.8=US$1.
Some figures in the text are
estimated; actual figures appear in the Appendices.
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