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Hong Kong SAR

 

 

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Official name                            Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR)*

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Currency                                   Hong Kong dollar (100 cents), Pegged to the US dollar (USD 1 = HKD 7.8)

Population                                7.17 million (2012)*

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Land area                                 1,104 sq km*

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GDP per capita                         HKD 285,146; USD 36,793 (2012)*

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Real GDP growth                      1.5 percent per annum (2012)*

                                                    1.5–3.5 percent per annum (2013E) - by HKSAR Government

 

 

Principal business centres         Central, Wanchai, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui and Island East*

 

 

 

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Source: HKSAR Government, *Census and Statistics Department

 

 

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