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6. Investment in Fixed Assets
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10. People Livelihood
11. General Survey of Cities
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21. Education , Science and
Technology
22. Culture, Sports and Public
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23. Other Social Activities
24. Main Social and Economic
Indicators of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
25. Main Social and Economic
Indicators of Macao Special
Administrative Region
APPENDIX I.
Main Social and Economic
Indicators of Taiwan Province
APPENDIX II.
Comparison of Indicators
of China and Other Countries

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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 Services?       (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 submission? 30039 26461 17292 16655 8682
Major revision? 12497 5373
Housing and Property
Public Housing?
Housing Authority Public Rental Housing
Flats Newly Completed?       (number) 46756 29817 20390 15148 24682
Home Ownership Scheme Residential Flats
Newly Completed?                (number) 23542 6128 320
Private Sector Participation Scheme Residential
Flats Newly Completed?      (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 Arrivals?       (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 Balances? 4303 3725 3114 2753 2960
Total Government Revenue? 2251 1756 1775 2073 2636
Total Government Expenditure 2329 2389 2392 2475 2422
and Equity Investments?
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar? 20024 20166 20042 21229 22196
Foreign Currency? 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 Dollar?
(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 Assistance?
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 Allowances?
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 Assistance?
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 -185.40 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: ?Figures 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
Monetary Authority.
?Separate figures for "First submission" and "Major revision" were not available for 2002 and the years before.
?Figures 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 ? and ? below. The above
production figures have taken into account of this re-classification.
?The 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.
?The 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.
?Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
?Figures are for the corresponding financial year. For example, figures for 2004 represent those for financial year 2004/05.
?Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
? 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.
?New 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.
~Excludes the payments for 1 April 2002.



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