Since 1980, external liabilities of authorised institutions in Hong Kong to financial institutions in the Mainland have grown at an average rate of 31 per cent per annum to $272.1 billion by the end of November 2001.

• 自一九八零年以来，香港认可机构对内地金融机构的负债，平均每年增加31%25，到二零零一年十一月底，数目达2,721亿元。