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As is shown in Figure 1, the profits in Hong Kong increased quite steadily from 1999 to 2002. The profits reached a peak of 60 million dollars in 2002. This is due to post handover boom in Hong Kong and the strong SE Asian economics in the late 1990s. However, due to SARS, the profits in Hong Kong declined sharply to about 20 million dollars until 2004. Then, with the growth of China, the profits rose gradually again to about 50 million dollars in 2007. On the Singapore side, the profits went up slightly from 40 million to 50 million dollars in 2000. This was due to the strong SE Asian economics in the late 1990s. Then they levelled off within a year and started declining to 30 million dollars from 2001 to 2003. This was due to the increased taxation by the Singaporean Government from 2001. They levelled off again in 2003 and 2006. And from 2004 to 2006, they also declined steadily to 10 million dollars.