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62%; seats by party - (pro-Beijing 34) DAB 12, Liberal Party 10,

       independents 11, FTU 1; (pro-democracy 25) independents 11,

       Democratic Party 9, CTU 2, ADPL 1, Frontier Party 1, NWSC 1

      Judicial branch:

       Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

      Political parties and leaders:

       Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood or ADPL

       [Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, chairman]; Citizens Party [Alex CHAN

       Kai-chung]; Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong or

       DAB [MA Lik, chairman]; Democratic Party [LEE Wing-tat, chairman];

       Frontier Party [Emily LAU Wai-hing, chairwoman]; Liberal Party

       [James TIEN Pei-chun, chairman]

       note: political blocs include: pro-democracy - Association for

       Democracy and People's Livelihood, Democratic Party, Frontier Party;

       pro-Beijing - Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong,

       Hong Kong Progressive Alliance, Liberal Party

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (pro-China); Chinese

       Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong; Confederation of Trade

       Unions (pro-democracy) [LAU Chin-shek, president; LEE Cheuk-yan,

       general secretary]; Federation of Hong Kong Industries; Federation

       of Trade Unions (pro-China) [CHENG Yiu-tong, executive councilor];

       Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Patriotic Democratic Movement

       in China [Szeto WAH, chairman]; Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Union

       Council (pro-Taiwan); Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; Hong

       Kong Professional Teachers' Union [CHEUNG Man-kwong, president]; The

       Alliance [Bernard CHAN, exco member]

      International organization participation: APEC, AsDB, BIS, ICC, ICFTU, IHO, IMF, IMO (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, ISO (correspondent), UPU, WCL, WCO, WMO, WToO (associate), WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US: none (special administrative region of China)

      Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Consul General James KEITH consulate(s) general: 26 Garden Road, Hong Kong mailing address: PSC 461, Box 1, FPO AP 96521–0006 telephone: [852] 2523–9011 FAX: [852] 2524–0860

      Flag description: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center

      Economy Hong Kong

      Economy - overview:

       Hong Kong has a free market economy highly dependent on

       international trade. Natural resources are limited, and food and raw

       materials must be imported. Imports and exports, including

       reexports, each exceed GDP in dollar value. Even before Hong Kong

       reverted to Chinese administration on 1 July 1997 it had extensive

       trade and investment ties with China. Hong Kong has been further

       integrating its economy with China because China's growing openness

       to the world economy has increased competitive pressure on Hong

       Kong's service industries, and Hong Kong's re-export business from

       China is a major driver of growth. Per capita GDP compares with the

       level in the four big economies of Western Europe. GDP growth

       averaged a strong 5% in 1989–1997, but Hong Kong suffered two

       recessions in the past 6 years because of the Asian financial crisis

       in 1998 and the global downturn of 2001–2002. The Severe Acute

       Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak also battered Hong Kong's

       economy, but a boom in tourism from the mainland because of China's

       easing of travel restrictions, a return of consumer confidence, and

       a solid rise in exports resulted in the resumption of strong growth

       in late 2003.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $213 billion (2003 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       3.3% (2003 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $28,800 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.1% industry: 12.1% services: 87.9% (2003 est.)

      Investment (gross fixed):

       22.3% of GDP (2003)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA

       highest 10%: NA

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       −2.6% (2003 est.)

      Labor force:

       3.5 million (2003 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       manufacturing 8.2%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade,

       restaurants, and hotels 43.5%, financing, insurance, and real estate

       19.5%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social

       services 17.8% (Note: above data exclude public sector) (2002 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

       7.9% (2003)

      Budget:

       revenues: $26.17 billion

       expenditures: $32.64 billion, including capital expenditures of $5

       billion (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       fresh vegetables, poultry, fish, pork

      Industries:

       textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics,

       plastics, toys, watches, clocks

      Industrial production growth rate:

       −9.2% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       30.48 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       37.12 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       1.581 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       10.36 billion kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       257,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Natural gas - production:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       680.9 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports: