Total receipts of Hong Kongs insurance industry in 2008 decreased significantly by 40 percent year-on-year, mainly due to the decline in life insurance business, statistical authorities said on Monday. Mario Manningham Jersey. The latest surveys of Hong Kong special administrativie regions Census and Statistic Department (CSD) found total receipts of the storage, communications, financing, business services, insurance and banking industries fell to HK$975.6 billion ($125.88 billion)?in 2008, down 12 percent on 2007. The banking and financing industries recorded a decrease in total receipts by 8 percent and 6 percent respectively. Related readings: Hong Kong economy keeps improving in Q3 Hong Kong equity issuance is expected to return to 2007 levels Hong Kongs unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.2% Hong Kongs October exports fall 13.1% On the other hand, the communications sectors total receipts rose 9 percent, those of storage grew 7 percent, while those of business services industries increased by 2 percent. The gross surplus of the storage, communications, financing and business services industries taken together amounted to HK$242 billion in 2008, down 7 percent on 2007. Value added of these four industries taken together fell 19 percent on 2007, to HK$178.7 billion. Within this total, value added of the financing sector dipped 35 percent, whereas that of the communications and business services industries dropped slightly by 2 percent and 1 percent respectively. The storage industrys value added rose by 21 percent. Authentic Jason Pierre-Paul Jersey. 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Jerome Jordan ended with eight points to lead the way for Tulsa (17-8, 7-3), which didnt have a single player in double-digits. Justin Hurtt and Sam Mitchell finished with seven points each. Ray Reese had six points and six rebounds. The Tigers were able to keep Jordan in check, which was key. Jordan had 20 points and 13 rebounds in a 55-54 defeat against Memphis on January, 13. Ben Uzoh, Tulsas leading scorer at 14.9 points per game, was held scoreless in the first half and finished with just three points. "Well, you know what we did is that we used a couple of schemes they hadnt seen us use before," said Memphis head coach John Calipari. "I think that kind of rocked them a little bit. It wasnt for them; it was for the NCAA tournament. You saw us do things in the post that most of you have never seen us do before." After pulling away at the end of the first half, the Tigers took control of the contest with a 115-6 spurt to start the final 20 minutes. 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