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Hong Kong Transnational Issues 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/hong_kong/hong_kong_issues.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Hong Kong Transnational Issues 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Disputes - international:
Hong Kong plans to reduce its 2,800-hectare Frontier Closed Area (FCA) to 400 hectares by 2015; the FCA was established in 1951 as a buffer zone between Hong Kong and mainland China to prevent illegal migration from and the smuggling of goods

Illicit drugs:
despite strenuous law enforcement efforts, faces difficult challenges in controlling transit of heroin and methamphetamine to regional and world markets; modern banking system provides conduit for money laundering; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs, especially among young people


NOTE: The information regarding Hong Kong on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hong Kong Transnational Issues 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hong Kong Transnational Issues 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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