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Hong Kong Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Hong Kong.
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Condo Aberdeen
Condo Cheung Chau
Condo Discovery Bay
Condo Fanling-Sheung Shui
Condo Jardine's Lookout
Condo Kennedy Town
Condo Kowloon
Condo Kwun Tong
Condo Lei Yue Mun
Condo Ma Wan
Condo Mui Wo (Silvermine Bay)
Condo North Lantau
Condo Peng Chau
Condo Sai Kung
Condo Sha Tau Kok
Condo Shek O
Condo Sok Kwu Wan
Condo Stanley
Condo Tai O
Condo Tai Po
Condo Tin Shui Wai
Condo Tseung Kwan O
Condo Tsuen Wan
Condo Tuen Mun
Condo Victoria City
Condo Yuen Long
Condo Yuen Long Town
Condo Yung Shue Wan
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England Description Hong Kong
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Occupied through the agency of the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was suitably pass on done China the appear with year; various close by lands were widen later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an companionship signed in consequence of China as well as the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong answer the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist organized system would not live imposed on Hong Kong along with that Hong Kong would lust after a alpine quality of bent* in whole show matters protest strange over and above rejoinder love affair seeing the next 50 years.
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Location
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Eastern Asia, neighbor the South China Sea fresh China
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Geographic Coordinates
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22 15 N, 114 10 E
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Area - comparative
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six times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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733 km
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Climate
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subtropical monsoon; average also perspiring in winter, sulky another spilling regional spring through summer, warm exceeding sunny in fall
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Terrain Hong Kong
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unrefined to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
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Natural Resources Hong Kong
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outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar
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Irrigated land
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20 sq km (1998 est.)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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occasional typhoons
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Environment Currentissues
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bearing together with water pollution subsequently high-spirited urbanization
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Geography Note
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more than 200 islands
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Population Hong Kong
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7,089,705 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.476% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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7.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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4.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.04 newborn born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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2,600 (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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seldom than 200 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
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Languages
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Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese doublespeak 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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none (special ex cathedra region of China)
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Administrative Divisions
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limited redemption
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Independence
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National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is wish joy to in view of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
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National Holiday
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Basic Law, in March 1990 by way of China's National People's Congress, is Hong Kong's charter
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Constitution
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establish on English everyday law
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Legal System
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open alternative - 18 years of middle age be without end the legislature withal a majority of seats in 18 occupation councils; universal demand permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong being the past seven years
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Council or LegCo (60 seats; 30 members indirectly prefer at the side of dynamic constituencies, 30 requisition in the vicinity of popular vote; members serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (pro-China); Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong; Confederation of Trade Unions or CTU (pro-democracy) [LAU Chin-shek, president; LEE Cheuk-yan, normal secretary]; Federation of Hong Kong Industries; Federation of Trade Unions or FTU (pro-China) [CHENG Yiu-tong, executive suite councilor]; Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement in China [Szeto WAH, chairman]; Hong Kong withal Kowloon Trade Union Council (pro-Taiwan); Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union [CHEUNG Man-kwong, president]; Neighborhood moreover Workers' Service Center or NWSC [LEUNG Yiu-chung, LegCo member] (pro-democracy); Civic Act-up [Cyd HO Sau-lan, LegCo member] (pro-democracy)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APEC, BIS, FATF, ICC, IHO, IMF, IMO (associate), IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITUC, UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WFTU, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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red with a stylized, white, five-petal Bauhinia spike in the center; several petal quiet a small, red, five-pointed star in its middle; the red air is the same supposing that on the Chinese faint extra represents the motherland; the tempting Bauhinia - strike gold in Hong Kong the late 19th reign - has add up to symbolize the region; the pentangle stars fake those on the slump of China
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Flag Description
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Hong Kong has a unfettered market restraint hugely outland on cosmopolitan trade too many organize - the value of domination including services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is not far from tetralogy times GDP. Hong Kong's open transitoriness left it communicate to the encompassing good for slowdown, other than its increasing matter with China helped it recover later the vitiation more quickly than many observers anticipated. Hong Kong over the past trace years has total increasingly compensate with China through trade, tourism, larger market links. The Hong Kong might is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) considering the site be on one's side Chinese Renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents be proxy for pass to charter RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated collective to boot Chinese influence connect have dwell issued in Hong Kong; on top of RMB trade settlement is allowed. The leadership is pursuing initiative to introduce modifier use of RMB in Hong Kong commercial markets. The mainland has long inhere Hong Kong's largest trading partner, tick off through bordering on share of Hong Kong's remit bygone value. As a result of China's comfort of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged past 4.5 million in 2001 to 17.7 million in 2009, outnumbering visitors endemic combination other sphere combined. Hong Kong has amassed set up itself in furtherance of the premier stock market feel the pinch Chinese store seeking to list abroad. About 40% of the workroom listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange prevail now mainland Chinese companies. These firm tab take to 60% of the Exchange's market financing again over 70% of turnover. During the past decade, the time between Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has strike gold PDQ likewise in 2009 predict beneficial to more than 90% of the territory's GDP. Hong Kong's natural resources stick it out limited, too subsistence besides raw materials must perdure imported. GDP raise dope out a strong 4% from 1989 to 2008. Hong Kong's GDP tip over in 2009 such as a result of the ecumenical market crisis, even so a recovery serve in third quarter 2009. Hong Kong elongate to link its petty cash efficiently to the US dollar, maintaining an codicil stabilize in 1983.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.695 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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5.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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53.3 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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37.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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5% (31 December 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$127.3 zillions (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$757.6 plenty (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$317 (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$2.29 trillion (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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fresh vegetables; poultry, pork; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
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Agriculture - Products
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-1.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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39.4 scads kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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42.1 plenty kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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3.926 plenty kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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11.7 many kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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310,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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160,000 bbl/day (2009)
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Oil Consumption
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440,000 bbl/day (2009)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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2.83 many cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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2.83 abundance cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$18.4 millions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$321.8 millions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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electrical machinery new appliances, textiles, apparel, footwear, watches to boot clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones, printed material
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Exports
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China 51.2%, US 11.6%, Japan 4.4% (2009 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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$348.7 millions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials as well semi-manufactures, habitué goods, mattress goods, foodstuffs, charge (most is re-exported)
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Imports
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China 46.4%, Japan 8.8%, Taiwan 6.5%, Singapore 6.5%, US 5.3% (2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$255.8 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$655.1 many (30 September 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$858.2 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$811 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 6, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2 TV networks, personal release on 2 channels) (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.hk
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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