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- HKD to JPY: a corrected travel-budget calculation
A stronger yen buys you fewer yen for the same Hong Kong dollar budget. The earlier article both overstated the conversion and reversed its direction. The examples below correct the calculation; they are illustrative rates from that article, not verified historical observations or toda
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