Agriculture: minor role in the economy; local farmers produce 26% fresh vegetables, 27% live poultry; 8% of land area suitable for farming
Illicit drugs: a hub for Southeast Asian heroin trade; transshipment
and major financial and money-laundering center; increasing indigenous
amphetamine and cocaine abuse
Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $152 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $923 million
Currency: 1 Hong Kong dollar (HK$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Hong Kong dollars (HK$) per US$ - 7.800 (1994), 7.800 (1993), 7.741 (1992), 7.771 (1991), 7.790 (1990); note - linked to the US dollar at the rate of about 7.8 HK$ per 1 US$ since 1985
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
@Hong Kong:Transportation
Railroads: total: 35 km standard gauge: 35 km 1.435-m gauge
Highways: total: 1,100 km paved: 794 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 306 km
Ports: Hong Kong