Table 1 Expenditure-based GDP Estimates
first quarter of 1997 to second quarter of 1999

  GDP at Current
Market Prices

GDP at Constant (1990)
Market Prices

Year/quarter

 HK$ Mn

% change over same period of the preceding year  HK$ Mn % change over same period of the preceding year quarter-to-quarter
% change in the
seasonally adjusted GDP

1997   1,325,165   11.2   829,007   5.0   N.A.  
1998   1,268,034   -4.3   786,444   -5.1   N.A.  
 
1997 1 302,142   12.2   194,339   5.4   1.9  
  2 327,562   13.9   201,068   6.4   1.7  
  3 347,115   12.4   219,061   5.8   0.5  
  4 348,347   6.8   214,540   2.5   -1.8  
 
1998 1 306,666   1.5   189,222   -2.6   -2.9  
  2 316,352   -3.4   190,782   -5.1   -1.1  
  3 323,682   -6.8   203,871   -6.9   -1.4  
  4 321,335   -7.8   202,569   -5.6   -0.5  
 
1999

1

286,018

 

-6.7

 

183,098

 

-3.2

 

-0.3

 
 

2

301,588

 

-4.7

 

192,202

 

0.7

 

3.1

 

Last Updated: 21 September 1999