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Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information: Capital Population (million) 7.n4/8a3 Total Area 1,104 km² Currency 1 CAN$=5.9657 Hong Kong $ (HKD) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday Establishment Day, 1 July 1997 Language(s) Cantonese, English, increasing use of Mandarin Political Information: Type of State Type of Government Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Bilateral Product trade Canada - Hong Kong 5000 4500 4000 Balance 3500 s 3000 Can. Head of State Head of Government n Exports o 2500 i l l Can. President Chief Executive i 2000 Imports XI Jinping Carrie Lam M 1500 Total 1000 Trade 500 Ministers: Chief Secretary for Admin.: Matthew Cheung 0 Secretary for Finance: Paul CHAN 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Secretary for Justice: Teresa CHENG Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Democratic Party from: Hong Kong (DP), Liberal Party (LP), Civic Party, League of Social Democrats (LSD), Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (HKADPL), Hong Kong Federation of M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod . Trade Unions (HKFTU), Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), Labour Precious Party, People Power, New People’s Party, The Professional Commons, Neighbourhood and M et als/ st o nes Worker’s Service Centre, Neo Democrats, New Century Forum (NCF), The Federation of Hong B ase M et al Pro d . Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, Civic Passion, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, HK First, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Federation of Public Housing Estates, Concern Foo d Pro d . Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood, Democratic Alliance, Kowloon East M isc. A rt icles Community, Shatin Community Network. Paper Pro d . Elections: Lans/at: Sept. 2012 (Legislative Council); Nov. 2015 (District Council); Sept. 2016 (Legislative Council); March 2017 (Chief Executive). 2019 Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2018) IMF Hong Kong Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $471n.4/a7 $2,222.58 to: Hong Kong GDP per capita: $63,009n.5/a6 $60,078.85 Precio us GDP Growth rate: (%) 3n.0/a2 1.83 M et als/ st o nes Inflation: (%) 2n.4/a1 2.24 A nimal & Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 2n.8/a1 5.83 M ach. M ech. Elec. Pro d. Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada Specialized Inst . Canadian Exports: $4,022,696,6n5/a7 V eg. Pro d . Canadian Imports: $379,238,8n0/a4 C hemical Pro d . 2019 Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) $21,8n0/a2 (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $9,0n5/a3 (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF Director Kathy CHAN http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Consul General Jeff Nankivell February 2020 www.international.gc.ca HTML version: httpns/a://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/hong_kong/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/fs_hongkong_fd.aspx?lang=eng.

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Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information
Hong Kong Official Title: Hong Kong Special Administration Region General Information: Capital Population (million) 7.474n/a Total Area 1,104 km² Currency 1 CAN$=5.791 Hong Kong $ (HKD) (2020 - Annual average) National Holiday Establishment Day, 1 July 1997 Language(s) Cantonese, English, increasing use of Mandarin Political Information: Type of State Type of Government Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Bilateral Product trade Canada - Hong Kong 5000 4500 4000 Balance 3500 3000 Can. Head of State Head of Government Exports 2500 President Chief Executive 2000 Can. Imports XI Jinping Carrie Lam Millions 1500 Total 1000 Trade 500 Ministers: Chief Secretary for Admin.: Matthew Cheung 0 Secretary for Finance: Paul CHAN 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Statistics Canada Secretary for Justice: Teresa CHENG Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Democratic Party from: Hong Kong (DP), Liberal Party (LP), Civic Party, League of Social Democrats (LSD), Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (HKADPL), Hong Kong Federation of Precio us M etals/ stones Trade Unions (HKFTU), Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), Labour M ach. M ech. Elec. Party, People Power, New People’s Party, The Professional Commons, Neighbourhood and Prod. Worker’s Service Centre, Neo Democrats, New Century Forum (NCF), The Federation of Textiles Prod. Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions, Civic Passion, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, HK First, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Federation of Public Housing Estates, Specialized Inst. Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood, Democratic Alliance, Kowloon East Food Prod.
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