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24-1  Summary of Key Statistics     Item 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004             Population and Vital Events                         Mid-year Population (10 000 persons) 666.5 672.5 678.7 680.3 688.3 Crude Birth Rate                           (‰) 8.1 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.2 Crude Death Rate                          (‰) 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.4 5.3^ Labour and Employment                             　   Labour Force             (10 000 persons) 337.4 342.7 348.7 349.6 352.9 Labour Force Participation Rate    (%) 61.4 61.4 61.8 61.4 61.3 Unemployment Rate                      (%) 4.9 5.1 7.3 7.9 6.8 Underemployment Rate                 (%) 2.8 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.3 Number of Employed Persons in Selected    Industries                  (1 000 persons)   (i) Manufacturing                   333.7 326.4 290.2 272.0 231.6 (ii) Construction 301.7 291.4 286.5 265.9 267 (iii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export   Trades, Restaurants and Hotels  981.7 981.1 983.4 991.8 1066.9 (iv) Transport, Storage and Communications         356.6 353.4 345.8 346.1 358.2 (v)  Financing, Insurance, Real        Estate and Business Services    452.7 478.1 474.4 469.7 479.9 (vi) Community, Social and Personal  754.7 798.9 825.1 849.5 860.6 Services   Real Wage Index                         (September 1992=100) 112.8 114.6 117.8 118.6 115.6 External Merchandise Trade     Imports (HKD 100 million) 16579.6 15681.9 16194.2 18057.7 21111.2 Domestic Exports (HKD 100 million) 1809.7 1535.2 1309.3 1216.9 1259.8 Re-exports (HKD 100 million) 13917.2 13274.7 14295.9 16207.5 18931.3 Terms of Trade Index(2000=100) 100.0 100.9 102.1 101.0 99.3 External Trade in Services     Exports of Services① (HKD 100 million) 3018.1 3076.6 3353.6 3551.8 4172.7@ Imports of Services (HKD 100 million) 1915.4 1924.5 1996.8 2018.1 2322.3@ Industrial Production                     Index of Industrial Production (2000=100) 100.0 95.6 86.2 78.3 80.6 Industrial Electricity Consumption    17769 16759 16112 14851 15430 & (terajoules)     Industrial Gas Consumption (terajoules)           982 1011 987 1015 955 Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Import and Export       Trades, Transport Services and Other Services                         Value Added (HKD 100 million)     Wholesale Trade          125 136 124 114   Retail Trade                           288 274 279 264   Import and Export Trades                       2254 2272 2316 2411   Transport and Related Services      880 849 895 872   Storage, Communications, Financing                 (Except Banking) and Business Services        995 910 896 954   Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate     Gross Value of Construction Work in  1221 1140 1060 990 932 Nominal Terms            (HKD 100 million)     Private Residential Flats with            Consent to Commence Work (number)   First submission② 30039 26461 17292 16655 8682 Major revision②   12497 5373 Housing and Property       Public Housing③       Housing Authority Public Rental Housing          Flats Newly Completed④       (number) 46756 29817 20390 15148 24682 Home Ownership Scheme Residential Flats      Newly Completed⑤(number) 23542 6128   320   Private Sector Participation Scheme Residential      Flats Newly Completed⑤      (number) 9172 1540     Private Housing     Private domestic units newly completed 25790 26262 31052 26397 26036 Property Price Index (1999=100)     Private Domestic Units 89.6 78.7 69.9 61.6 78.0^ Private Offices (Grades A, B and C) 89.9 78.7 68.4 62.5 99.2^ Property Rental Index (1999=100)       Private Domestic Units 98.1 95.4 83.4 73.6 77.7 Private Offices (Grades A, B and C) 98.5 101.0 85.4 74.6 78.1 Value of Registered Agreements for Sale and      Purchase of Building Units (HKD 100 million)   Residential 1683.93 1509.16 1542.52 1535.78 2767.35 Non-residential 541.27 418.92 311.41 358.40 750.52 Total                 2225.20 1928.08 1853.93 1894.18 3517.87 Transport, Communications and Tourism       Inward/Outward Movement of Goods      937.98 912.88 975.51 988.26 974.83 Vehicle                           (10 000 vehicles)     Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo     Total Discharged                (10 000 tons) 13035 13205 14210 15059 15741 Total Loaded                      (10 000 tons) 8692 8552 9265 9993 10703 Container Throughput         (10 000 TEUs) 1810 1783 1914 2045 2198 Motor Vehicles Licensed          (1 000 vehicles) 516.8 525.4 525.5 524.2 532.9 Telephone Services   (10 000 working lines) 395 393 384 382 378 Visitor Arrivals⑥       (10 000 person-times) 1305.9 1372.5 1656.6 1553.7 2181.1 Hotel Room Occupancy Rate       (%) 83 79 84 70 88 Public Accounts, Money and Finance         HKD 100 million)   Government's Reserve Balances⑦ 4303 3725 3114 2753 2960 Total Government Revenue⑦           2251 1756 1775 2073 2636 Total Government Expenditure          2329 2389 2392 2475 2422 and Equity Investments⑦            Money Supply M3             Hong Kong Dollar⑧                    20024 20166 20042 21229 22196 Foreign Currency⑨                 16904 15775 15576 17352 19700 Total                               36928 35941 35619 38580 41895 Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong    18615 17901 17429 17085 17924 Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the 101.7 104.7 104.0 100.7 98.3 Hong Kong Dollar⑩             (trade-weighted)(January 2000=100)      Consumer Price Indices                      (Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 =100)        Composite Consumer Price Index            99.4 97.8 94.8 92.4 92.0 Consumer Price Index (A)               99.5 97.8 94.7 92.7 92.6 Consumer Price Index (B)               99.4 97.7 94.7 92.1 91.7 Consumer Price Index (C)  99.3 97.8 95.1 92.3 91.5 Education  (persons)                               Student  Enrolment in Primary Schools 493979 493075 483218 468792 447137 Student  Enrolment in Secondary Schools(11)     466710 465403 465926 470487 476954 Student  Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions (12) 78295 81664 85602 90355 93776^ Health                        Registered Deaths                       (persons) 33993 33305 34316 36423 37322 Infant Mortality Rate                  (per 1 000 Registered Live Births) 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5^ Social Security                             Comprehensive Social Security Assistance⑦          Number of Cases(13)                          (cases) 228263 247192 271893 290705 296688 Amount                          (HKD 100 million) 135.60+ 144.05‡ 161.31~ 173.06 176.31 Social Security Allowances⑦            Number of Cases(13)                          (cases) 550585 561208 560215 563908 567859 Amount                           (HKD 100 million) 51.30+ 52.41‡ 52.81~ 52.14 52.45 Traffic Accident Victims Assistance⑦   Number of Cases Authorised for   5998 6733 7102 7190 7360 Payment                                            (cases)      Amount                                  (HKD million) 130.0 142.0 151.3 151.1 154.3 Law and Order                             Overall Reported Crimes                          (cases) 77245 73008 75877 88377 81315 Total Violent Crimes                                (cases) 14812 13551 14140 14542 13890 Total Persons Arrested for Crime        (persons) 40930 38829 39665 42051 42991 Gross Domestic Product (GDP)            At Constant (2000) Market Prices        Annual Growth Rate                               (%) 10.2 0.5 1.9 3.1@ 8.1@ GDP                                (HKD 100 million) 12883 12943 13194 13609@ 14718@ Per Capita GDP                                 (HKD) 193299 192465 194400 200043@ 213839@ At Current Market Prices                Annual Growth Rate                                (%) 3.4 -1.4 -1.7  -3.2@ 5.1@ GDP                                (HKD 100 million) 12883 12699 12480 12079@ 12695@ Per Capita GDP                                  (HKD) 193299 188835 183875 177552@ 184448@ Gross National Product (GNP)          GNP at Current Market Prices (14)           (HKD 100 million) 13094 13099 12633 12420@ 12998@ Per Capita GNP at Current Market Prices(14)(HKD) 196460 194777 186130 182570@ 188851@ Net External Factor Income Flows (14)            (HKD 100 million) 210.69 399.59 153.07 341.42 303.06@ Balance of Payments Account (HKD 100 million)   Current Account(15)                        545.0 763.2 968.0 1282.4@ 1274.0@ Capital and Financial Account (15) -578.6 -973.6 -1511.8 -1790.86  -1363.4@ Net Errors and Omissions(16)  33.7 210.4 543.8 508.5@ 89.4@ Overall Balance of Payments 783.2 365.3 -185.4 75.9@ 254.9@          (in surplus)        (in surplus) (in deficit)        (in surplus)        (in surplus) International Investment Position(17)   Net International Investment   Position(18)                            (HKD 100 million) 17295.5 20679.6 26773.7 30598.3 33453.3@  External Financial Assets        (HKD 100 million) 88993.0 83506.2 80327.4 92023.1 107460.6@ External Financial Liabilities  (HKD 100 million) 71697.5 62826.6 53553.8 61424.8 74007.4@             Notes: ①Figures for exports of services have incorporated the revised data on destination consumption expenditure of incoming visitors and travellers released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board in March 2005, and the figures estimated on the basis of latest data released by the Hong Kong style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  Monetary Authority. ②Separate figures for "First submission" and "Major revision" were not available for 2002 and the years before. ③Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2004 represent those for financial year 2004/05.  Since May 2005,   the housing type classifications of HA public housing production have been revised as stated in notes ④ and ⑤ below. The above  production figures have taken into account of this re-classification. ④The production of Public Rental Housing also includes projects transferred from surplus Home Ownership Scheme. The production of Interim Housing and projects built as public rental housing but subsequently transferred to Buy or Rent Option Scheme / Mortgage Subsidy Scheme housing is not included. ⑤The production and sale of Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme flats have ceased indefinitely since 2003, except for the unsold and returned flats which will be sold to sitting tenants of public rental housing and those who are about to be rehoused to    public rental housing after end 2006.For those Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme flats that have been completed   or are under construction (i.e.surplus projects), these will be disposed of through market-friendly means. Figures of production of Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme exclude 6774 flats which have been transferred to government quarters/private housing and 5050 flats in surplus projects pending disposal.   ⑥Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.   ⑦Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2004 represent those for financial year 2004/05.   ⑧Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits. ⑨ Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special    Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China".  Foreign currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency. So Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency. ⑩New series released since 2 January 2002.             (11)Figures cover both day and evening schools.  (12)Figures before 2001 refer to all students of UGC-funded programmes,except for research postgraduate (RPg) programmes of which only students counted within the formal time limit and within the UGC student number target are included. Figures from 2001 onwards also  include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes. Figures from 2003 onwards also include RPg  students counted within the formal time limit and outside the UGC student number target but wholly funded by UGC. (13)Figures are as at end of the financial year. (14)Figures prior to 2004 have been revised with the adoption of an enhanced methodology based on more relevant data available. (15)A positive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a negative value represents a deficit. For the  capital and financial account, a positive value indicates  a net capital and financial inflow and a negative value indicates a net outflow. As increases in external assets are debit entries and decreases are credit entries, a negative value for net change in reserve assets represents a net increase and a positive value represents a net decrease. (16)In principle, the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero. In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may however occur for various reasons as the data are collected from many sources. Equality between the sum of credit entries and debit entries is brought about by the inclusion of a balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.          (17)Position as at end of period. (18)Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities. ^  Provisional figure.      @ Subject to revision later on.      +Includes the payments for 1 April 2001.     ‡Includes the payments for 1 April 2002, but excludes the payments for 1 April 2001.

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