| Basics
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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 1102.15 km2
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Agriculture : vegetables
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Regional government office address :
30/F China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, 168-200 Connaught Road Central,
Hong Kong (Office of the Ombudsman)
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| Largest City : Hong Kong
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Animal products : fish, pork, poultry
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Telephone : (852)2629-0555
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| English meaning of name : Fragrant
Harbor
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Foreign direct investment (2003) : not available; other
statistics at : www.info.gov.hk/censtatd
/eng/hkads.html
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Website (Chinese) :
www.info.gov.hk/cindex.htm
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Chinese
95%, other 5%
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GDP (2003) : US$157 billion
(nominal); about 1.3 trillion yuan (Note: government figures are given in Hong
Kong dollars)
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Website (English) :
www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm
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| Organization : 18 administrative
districts
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GDP per capita (2003) : US$23,592;
195,259 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2003) : 6,803,100
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Industry : clocks, clothing,
electronics, filmmaking, financial services, plastics, textiles, tourism, toys,
watches
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Airports : Hong Kong International
Airport (HKG); Hong Kong Heliport (HHP)
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| Population density : 6771/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: not available
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Highways/railroads : 1,938 km of
streets including numerous highways, tunnels and bridges linking virtually
every part of the territory; railways include the MTR (a subway system,
includes an airport line), KCRC (surface rail linking Hong Kong with Shenzhen
and Guangzhou), and the Peak Tram
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; warm, dry
winters
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Mineral resources : feldspar,
feldspar sand, graphite, iron ore, kaolin clay, lead, tin (note: extraction is
considered economically unfeasible given urbanization, high costs, etc.)
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Major ports : The Port of Hong Kong,
with 9 container terminals and a 10th planned, is the world's busiest container
port
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