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Hong Kong's millionaires (mil-yuh-nair) are 40 per cent richer than a year ago - and more than half are now women.

So says a Citibank survey which found 276,000 Hongkongers had at least HK$1 million in liquid assets at the end of last year. While the total is up only 2,000 on the number in 2005, the average millionaire had liquid assets of HK$5.6 million, up from HK$4 million a year earlier. (SCMP, February 14, 2007)

Use these words: a. survey b. millionaire or c. liquid

1. A person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of

currency, as dollars is called a ____________________.

2. Assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) are called