The share prices of two shipping companies listed in Hong Kong, Pacific Basin and Jinhui Holdings, increased fivefold between the middle of 2006 and the middle of 2007.

从2006年中期到2007年中期的一年时间内，两家在港交所上市的航运公司——太平洋盘地(Pacific Basin)和金辉集团(Jinhui Holdings)的股价翻了五倍。

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Moreover, shares of companies listed both there and in Hong Kong now trade at the same price level, on average. For the past four years Shanghai's typically fetched a noticeable premium.

另外，同时在上海和香港股市上市的股票目前平均以相同价格交易，而在过去四年中，在上海证交所交易的股票通常溢价较高。

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Of the world's top 100 Banks, 78 have operations in Hong Kong, while 112 subsidiaries or related companies of foreign Banks operate as restricted licence Banks and deposit-taking companies.

在全球首100家银行中，有78家在港营业。此外，本港有112家外国银行附属机构、分行或相关公司，以有限制牌照银行及接受存款公司形式经营。

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Insurance companies in Hong Kong, for example, are reporting record results at the same time as the city's unemployment rate is rising.

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The group now employs 14, 000 people nationwide and holds three listed companies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, including Xiwang Sugar Holdings, Xiwang Foodstuffs and Xiwang Special Steel.

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Given the prevalence of similarly structured companies in Hong Kong, the case serves as a vivid illustration of just how vulnerable outsiders are to being squeezed by insiders.

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