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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.

Hong Kong Government Publications

are obtainable from

The Government Publications Centre

Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong

Leading bookshops throughout Hong Kong

Government

Information Services Department

Publishing Sub-division

(bulk sales and editorial enquiries) Room 402, 4th Floor, Murray Building,

Garden Road, Central,

Hong Kong