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Summary of Key
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1990 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Population and Vital Events
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Mid-year Population
(10000 persons) |
570.5 |
631.1 |
650.2 |
668.7 |
684.3 |
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Crude Birth
Rate
(‰) |
12.0 |
10.1 |
9.1 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
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Crude Death
Rate
(‰) |
5.2 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
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Labour
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Labour Force
(10000 persons) |
274.8 |
309.4 |
321.6 |
335.9 |
347.7 |
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Labour Force
Participation Rate (%) |
63.2 |
62.0 |
61.8 |
62.0 |
62.1 |
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Unemployment
Rate
(%) |
1.3 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
4.7 |
6.2 |
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Underemployment Rate
(%) |
0.9 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
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Number of
Persons Engaged in (person) |
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(i) Manufacturing
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715597 |
375766 |
288887 |
245457 |
244720 |
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(ii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export |
829591 |
1018198 |
1003072 |
913070 |
1002263 |
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Trades, Restaurants and Hotels |
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(iii)Transport, Storage and
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132792 |
172174 |
178104 |
168619 |
171996 |
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Communications
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(iv) Financing, Insurance, Real |
276621 |
378244 |
410979 |
390454 |
415326 |
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Estate and Business Services |
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Real Wage
Index
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100.1 |
101.6 |
104.5 |
104.4 |
108.9 |
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(September 1992=100) |
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External Trade |
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Imports
(HK$ million) |
642530 |
1491121 |
1615090 |
1429092 |
1392718 |
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Domestic
Exports
(HK$ million) |
225875 |
231657 |
211410 |
188454 |
170600 |
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Re-exports
(HK$ million) |
413999 |
1112470 |
1244539 |
1159195 |
1178400 |
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Terms of Trade
Index
(1990=100) |
100 |
98.7 |
100.4 |
101.6 |
100.8 |
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Industrial Production
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Index of
Industrial Production(1986=100) |
122.8 |
126.2 |
120.6 |
110.1 |
103.1 |
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Industrial Electricity
Consumption |
24934 |
20222 |
18965 |
18489 |
17547 |
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(terajoules) |
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Industrial Gas
Consumption (terajoules)
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583 |
978 |
911 |
888 |
914 |
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Distributive Trades, Transport Services |
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and Other Services
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Value
Added
(HK$ million) |
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Wholesale
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9484 |
15418 |
15760 |
13076 |
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Retail
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20484 |
34257 |
38409 |
26368 |
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Import/Export
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87979 |
201050 |
232828 |
206548 |
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Transport and Related Services |
37004 |
65763 |
71596 |
73816 |
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Storage, Communications, Financing
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32017 |
70402 |
100836 |
84565 |
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(Except Banking) and Business Services |
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Land, Building and Construction |
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Gross Value of Construction Work in |
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Nominal Terms
(HK$ million) |
61308 |
99807 |
131500 |
133316 |
126437 |
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Private
Residential Flats with |
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Consent
to Commence Work
(number) |
27365 |
19750 |
40962 |
33843 |
44323 |
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Consideration
of Documents Received |
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for Registration in the Land Registry |
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(HK$ million) |
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Agreements for |
108370 |
283226 |
937806 |
364612 |
287010 |
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Building Units and Land |
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Assignments of Building Units |
108527 |
309475 |
790408 |
348352 |
300059 |
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Assignments of Land
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21420 |
49656 |
93750 |
24311 |
35670 |
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Housing |
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Housing
Authority Rental Flats newly |
32619 |
14946 |
17917 |
9759 |
31806 |
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Completed
(number) |
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Home Ownership
Scheme Residential Flats |
9802 |
13188 |
12040 |
3320 |
13778 |
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Newly Completed (number) |
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Transport,Communications and
Tourism |
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Inward/Outward
Movement of Goods
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4733529 |
8191994 |
8543130 |
8543123 |
8874750 |
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Vehicle
(vehicle) |
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Inward and
Outward Movements of Cargo |
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Total Discharged(thousand tonnes) |
60757 |
119689 |
127223 |
126414 |
128186 |
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Total Loaded
(thousand tonnes) |
29968 |
75272 |
80913 |
78999 |
81645 |
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Container Throughput (thousand T.E.U.S) |
5101 |
13460 |
14567 |
14582 |
16211 |
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(14386) |
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Motor Vehicles
Licensed
(vehicle) |
370160 |
475115 |
500228 |
500673 |
503974 |
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Telephone
Lines
(thousand lines) |
2447 |
3402 |
3624 |
3708 |
3839 |
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Visitor
Arrivals
( 10000 persons) |
658.1 |
1170.3 |
1040.6 |
957.5 |
1067.8 |
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Hotel Room
Occupancy Rate
(%) |
79 |
88 |
76 |
76 |
79 |
Public Accounts Money and Finance |
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(HK$ million) |
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Total
Government Revenue
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89524 |
208358 |
218226 |
216115 |
232995 |
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Total
Government Expenditure
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85557 |
182680 |
194360 |
239356 |
223043 |
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and Equity Investments
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Money Supply
(definition 3） |
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571215 |
1520461 |
1670379 |
1826233 |
1922962 |
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Foreign Currency
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716813 |
1091176 |
1155230 |
1296112 |
1438843 |
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Total
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1288028 |
2612636 |
2825609 |
3122345 |
3361805 |
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Loans and
Advances for Use in |
689368 |
1637191 |
2037278 |
1960371 |
1819792 |
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Effective
Exchange Rate Indices for |
107.9 |
121.8 |
130.3 |
137.5 |
134.2 |
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the |
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(trade-weighted)(November
1983=100) |
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Consumer Price Indices |
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(Oct. 94-Sept. 95 =100) |
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Composite
Consumer Price index
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64.8 |
101.9 |
114.7 |
117.9 |
113.2 |
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Consumer Price
Index(A)
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65.4 |
101.8 |
114.1 |
117.0 |
113.2 |
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Consumer Price Index(B)
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64.9 |
101.9 |
114.7 |
117.9 |
112.4 |
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Consumer Price
Index(C) |
63.6 |
102.0 |
115.3 |
118.9 |
114.5 |
Education |
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Student Enrolment in |
524919 |
467718 |
461911 |
476802 |
491851 |
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(person) |
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Student Enrolment in |
431381 |
459845 |
458118 |
455872 |
453465 |
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(person) |
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Student Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions |
57824 |
75557 |
86202 |
84538 |
83754 |
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(person) |
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Medical and Health |
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Registered
Deaths
(person) |
29201 |
30894 |
32079 |
32680 |
33387 |
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Deaths from Heart
Diseases (person) |
4976 |
4886 |
4806 |
5060 |
5169 |
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Deaths from
Cancer
(person) |
8669 |
9680 |
10373 |
10691 |
10922 |
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Infant Mortality
Rates
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5.9 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
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(per 1 000 Registered Live Births) |
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Social Welfare |
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Comprehensive Social
Security Assistance |
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Number of Cases
(case) |
66675 |
136201 |
195645 |
232819 |
228015 |
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Amount
(HK$ million) |
960.1 |
4831.1 |
9441.3 |
13028.7 |
13623.4 |
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Social
Security Allowances
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Number of Cases (case) |
444517 |
498166 |
517865 |
526742 |
535452 |
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Amount
(HK$ million) |
2159.8 |
3682.7 |
4420.2 |
4737.3 |
4883.3 |
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Traffic
Accident Victims Assistance |
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Number of Cases Authorized
for |
5310 |
5102 |
5655 |
5809 |
5797 |
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Payment (case) |
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Amount
(HK$ million) |
49.9 |
110.7 |
137.4 |
164.8 |
133.6 |
Law and Order |
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Overall
Reported Crime
(case) |
88300 |
79050 |
67367 |
71962 |
76771 |
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Total Violent
Crime
(case) |
18820 |
15191 |
13749 |
14682 |
15705 |
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Total Persons Arrested
(person) |
44013 |
47157 |
41714 |
40422 |
40745 |
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Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) |
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At Constant (1990)
Market Prices |
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Expenditure-based
GDP
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Annual Growth Rate
(%) |
3.4 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
-5.1 |
3.0 |
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Total GDP
(HK$ million) |
582549 |
789753 |
829017 |
786426 |
810225 |
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Per Capita GDP
(HK$) |
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102121 |
125139 |
127500 |
117602 |
118402 |
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At Current
Market Prices
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Expenditure-based GDP |
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Annual Growth Rate
(%) |
11.2 |
10.7 |
11.1 |
-4.3 |
-2.7 |
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Total GDP
(HK$ million) |
582549 |
1191890 |
1323862 |
1266840 |
1232239 |
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Per Capita GDP
(HK$) |
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102121 |
18859 |
203605 |
189443 |
180073 |
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Production-based GDP (HK$ million) |
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589060 |
1192656 |
1318035 |
1244965 |
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Gross National Product (GNP） |
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GNP at Current
Market Prices
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(HK$ million) |
- |
1192078 |
1334337 |
1295602 |
1259515 |
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Per Capita
GNP
(HK$) |
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- |
188889 |
205216 |
193744 |
184059 |
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Total Net External Factor Income |
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Flows
(HK$ million) |
- |
188 |
10475 |
28762 |
27276 |
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Balance Of Payments Account |
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Current
Account(HK$million) |
- |
- |
- |
22474 |
72026 |
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Capital and
Fanancial Account (HK$million) |
- |
- |
- |
-30347 |
-76215 |
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Net errors and
omissions(HK$ million) |
- |
- |
- |
7873 |
4189 |
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Overall
Balance Of Payments(HK$ million ) |
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-53754 |
74140 |
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(in deficit) |
(in surplus) |
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