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Hong Kong By Emile Okada
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Historical importance of coast O Occupied by the British O Occupied by the Japanese O More accessible to foreign trade O Import O Export O Transportation by sea
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Trade with Britain O Exported O Tea – up to 13600 tons by 1830 O Imported O Luxury items e.g. clocks, watches and musical boxes O Silver O Opium
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Settlements
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Population 19701960 1980 19902000 2010 7 million 3 million 6.7 million 5.7 million 5 million 3.9 million
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Modern Hong Kong
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Resorts
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Industry
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Reclamations of the coast
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Environmental issues
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Marine debris and pollution O 30 000 kilos of debris from the coastline was cleaned in 2009 O Pollution in water killing the threatened Pink Dolphin
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Future issues
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Tropical cyclones
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