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*Trade: Exports--$315.5 billion: clothing, electronics, textiles, watches and clocks, office machinery. Imports--$333.3 billion: consumer goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuels.
*Trade: Exports--$315.5 billion: clothing, electronics, textiles, watches and clocks, office machinery. Imports--$333.3 billion: consumer goods, raw materials and semi-manufactures, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuels.
==Transportation==
Most public transport inside Hong Kong is provided by a company called the [[MTR Corporation]] which is mostly owned by the Hong Kong Government while the part that the government does not own is listed on several stock exchanges such as the [[SEHK]]. The MTR operate all metro/subway services, commuter railway services as well as owning most property inside Hong Kong alongside a few bus services which connect to their metro services. The MTR being mostly owned by the HK Government is why Hong Kong Protestors started vandalising metro stations as they closed stations in areas that the protests were taking part in.
===Bus Services===
Bus services are operated by:
*Kowloon Motor Bus company (KMB)
*Citybus, Long Win Bus Company
*New First World Bus (NFWB)
*New Lantao Bus company
All these bus operators run franchised routes and are regulated by the Hong Kong Government as well as accepting the ''Octopus Card'', a smartcard introduced into the Hong Kong market in the 1990s which is similar to London's ''Oyster Card'' and ''The Key'' smartcard operated by the [[Go-Ahead Group]]. The Octopus card can also be used outside of Public transportation inside Hong Kong such as in a convinience store.
There are also "Light Buses" which operate in Hong Kong; these are small vans converted to passenger use which operate on services with no route numbers and sometimes without bus stops operating like a "hail and ride" bus service where the bus will stop on the side of the road where there may be no physical bus stop or road markings.
Most buses inside Hong Kong are built by British Manufactures Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) whicch is owned by the NFI Group of the USA and Wrightbus which is owned by JCB. Other buses such as those operated by the MTR are built by MAN which is owned by the [[Volkswagen Group]] and in recent years a large influx of buses built by Chinese companies such as Build Your Dreams (BYD) have also entered Hong Kong's streets.
===Tramways===
The Hong Kong Tramways is one of the oldest tramways in the world still operating via its original routing untouched in the 1940s-1970s decline of tramways and trolleybuses throughout the world, as well as being one of the oldest tramways in Asia with one of the other oldest tramways in Asia being operated by the Callcutta tramways company (CTC)in [[India]]. THe Hong Kong Trams are currently operated solely by Double Decker trams which is one of the only places left in the world operating with DD Trams with the other place left being [[Blackpool]] in [[England]].
There are also 2 Funicular tramways which are the:
*Peak Tram - this serves the mountinous areas of Hong Kong Island
*Ocean Express - this runs entirely within the "Ocean Park" theme park.
===Ferries===
There are also several ferry services which operate within British Hong Kong as well as travelling between mainland China and Portugeese Macao.
===Highways===
There are also several highways within Hong Kong as well as a somewhat newly opened highway linking Macao, Hong Kong and Mainland China; its construction resulted in several thousands of deaths and requires you to change what side of the road you drive on twice as Hong Kong and Macao have the drivers seat on the right side of the vehicle while Mainland China has its drivers seat on the left side of the vehicle.
===Cable Cars===
There are also 2 cable car systems inside Hong Kong, one operates within the "Ocean Park" theme park while the other operates on Lantau Island.
==History==
==History==
[[Image:Old Flag of Hong Kong.png|right|200px|thumb|British Crown Colony flag, in use until 1997]]
[[Image:Old Flag of Hong Kong.png|right|200px|thumb|British Crown Colony flag, in use until 1997]]