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Population
Singapore: 5.5 million
median age 34
Hong Kong: 7.2 million
median age 45
Hong Kong:
Around US$376 billion
Ranked 35th in the world
per capita 13th in the world
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GDP Growth Rates (% ) of Singapore (red bars) and Hong Kong (blue bars)
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Imports:
Singapore: 13th in the world
Hong Kong: 9th in the world
47% from mainland China
Economic development
Singapore and Hong Kong
have achieved similar economic success
through very different economic approaches
Colonial legacies
Both became entry ports to mainland
both benefited from British management
and technological expertise
both attracted inflow of Chinese emigrants
Chinese population in Singapore doubled in
1820s
Chinese population in Hong Kong quadrupled
between the two World Wars
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