Debt - external:
$72.04 billion (2005 est.)
Currency (code):
Hong Kong dollar (HKD)
Currency code:
HKD
Exchange rates:
Hong Kong dollars per US dollar - 7.7773 (2005), 7.788 (2004),
7.7868 (2003), 7.7989 (2002), 7.7988 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Hong Kong
Telephones - main lines in use:
3,794,600 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.693 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern facilities provide excellent domestic
and international services
domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic
network
international: country code - 852; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to
Guangzhou, China; access to 5 international submarine cables
providing connections to ASEAN member nations, Japan, Taiwan,
Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2004)