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Aerial view of government housing in Shatin, a satellite community in the New Territories of Hong Kong, Saturday 29 November 2003. More than fifty percent of Hong Kong's population live in subsidised housing, a system that has been put under increasing pressure in recent years as the economy has faltered. Hong Kong is now working on a number of ambitious projects to revitalise its economy after 6 years of lacklustre performance. Economists have revised growth rates upwards repeatedly this year and now estimate a 4.5% year on year increase in GDP. (KEYSTONE/EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW)