Since 1980, external liabilities of authorised institutions in Hong Kong to financial institutions in the Mainland have grown at an average rate of over 33.4 per cent per annum to $236 billion by the end of December.

• 自一九八零年以来，香港认可机构对内地金融机构所负债务，平均每年增加超过33.；4%25，到一九九九年十二月底，数目达2；360亿元。