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Other Confidence Indicators
(a) The net outward movement of Hong Kong residents,
excluding those to and from China, averaged 20,000
between 1980 and 1984. The corresponding figures for
1985 and 1986 are 11,000 and under 14,000
respectively. In 1986, over 8,000 ex-Hong Kong
residents returned on foreign passports and were
granted the right to land.
(b) Over 3,000 top notch applicants for the 35 jobs in
the Administrative Service, which is the core stream
of Hong Kong's civil service.
Major Public Projects
(a)
Construction of a third University will begin shortly
at an estimated cost of nearly $2 billion. Due to
take students in 1991.
(b)
A light rail system being built in Tuen Mun and Yuen
Long scheduled for completion in August 1988. Total
cost $2 billion.
(c)
Container Terminal expansion
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Terminals 7 and 8
being planned. Hong Kong is already the world's 2nd
busiest container port and is forecast to overtake
Rotterdam shortly.
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