The hong kong and us dollars have been linked since 1983 through a currency board system under which inter - bank interest rates rise automatically when there is selling pressure on the hong kong dollar 港元自一九八三年起已按照一套货币发行局制度和美元挂。在该制度下，当港元遇到沽售压力，银行同业拆息率会自动调升。
The larger than usual 50 basis point increase in us interest rates on tuesday has , understandably , raised questions in some circles about the appropriateness of a fixed exchange rate as the objective of monetary policy in hong kong 美国星期二加息半厘，调升的幅度较平日大。这项决定再度引起了某些人士对本港是否应将固定汇率定为货币政策目标的讨论。
By sector , utilities registered the largest percentage of companies that adjusted their employees ' wages upward with 71 . 1 percent ; followed by the financial and insurance sector with 60 . 2 percent and the manufacturing sector with 24 . 2 percent 以产业类别而言，水电燃气业公司以调升员工薪资幅度高达71 . 1 %居首，其次为金融保险业的60 . 2 %以及制造业的24 . 2 % 。
Although nobody expects sudden leaps , the yuan does appear to be on a steadily upward trajectory , having risen by a further 4 % against the dollar since the government first revalued the currency by 2 . 1 % in july 2005 尽管没有人认为人民币会突然大幅升值，但是其币值曲线却是稳步上扬的，自2005年7月政府首次以2 . 1 %的幅度调升汇率至今，人民币兑美元已经升值了4 % 。
After incremental changes in the intervening years , on january 1 , 2004 , the pboc further extended the upper limit of renminbi - denominated lending rates , except for mortgages and policy loans , to no higher than 70 % of the benchmark rate 经过期内历年调升之后，于2004年1月1日，中国人民银行再将人民币借款（按揭及政策性贷款除外）的利率上限提高至不超过基准利率70 % 。
The high scenario relates private vehicle growth to gdp and ownership costs , a methodology which has been generally well - proven worldwide , and was found to perform well in hong kong in estimating private vehicle fleet size in the past two decades 在高增长方案中，私家车数目跟随本地生产总值及汽车拥有成本而调升。这预测方法在世界各地行之有效，并在过去二十年间，有效地预测本港的车辆数目。
The high scenario relates private vehicle growth to gdp and ownership costs , a methodology which has been generally well - proven worldwide , and was found to perform well in hong kong in estimating private vehicle fleet size in the past two decades 在高增长方案中，私家车数目跟随本地生产总值及汽车拥有成本而调升。这预测方法在世界各地行之有效，并在过去二十年间，有效地预测本港的车辆数目。
Although , in accordance with the currency board arrangements , the base rate had been increased by the same magnitude , banks in hong kong had generally not so far seen a need to increase hong kong dollar interest rates because of the large amount of liquidity remaining in the interbank market 个百分点。虽然在货币发行局制度下基本利率按相同幅度调升，但由于银行同业市场仍有大量流动资金，迄今本港银行普遍认为未有需要调高港元利率。
The aaa rating is the highest level among 21 rating categories at standard poor s and it reflects manulife s high quality and consistent operating performance , very strong and highly diverse investment portfolio , extremely strong capital adequacy , and excellent enterprise risk management framework Aaa评级是标准普尔二十一个评级类别中的最高级别，是次调升评级反映宏利营运表现稳健出色投资组合优越及分布多元化资本又极为充裕，以及企业风险管理架构完善卓越。
