To give an example, October last year saw foreign exchange deposits of US $ 2.166 billion, while there were only applications for the purchase of a mere US $ 421 million dollars on the foreign exchange market that same month. Taking into account about US $ 500 million in interest, the rest was all more than likely accounted for by hot money flowing in from overseas.
舉一個例子：單單去年十月一個月內，外匯存底暴增了廿一億六千六百萬美元，而當月實際在外匯市場出口結匯的順差卻只有四億二千一百萬美元，再扣除約五億美元的外匯存款存放利息，其餘都有「來路不明」的嫌疑。