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HONGKONG'S ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION

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Hongkong: The economic reconstruction of Hongkong has entered a now phase. Next to the well developed war industries, Hongkong possesses a number of light industries for the production of rubber, sugar, tobacco and beer. This is not unimportant for the standard of life in the Eastern Asiatic States.