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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (March 20) the March 2008 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
In this issue, three feature articles entitled ¡§A Profile of Older Persons, 2006¡¨, ¡§The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2006¡¨ and ¡§Tourism Satellite Account for Inbound Tourism of Hong Kong¡¨ are included.
¡§A Profile of Older Persons, 2006¡¨
The 2006 Population By-census (06BC) was conducted by C&SD during the 18-day period from 15 July to 1 August 2006. Results from the 06BC have been made available in a series of publications from February 2007 to February 2008. The 06BC provides a wealth of data on the socio-economic characteristics of the population in Hong Kong, thus allowing studies to be undertaken on various facets of the community and also on specific sub-groups of the population. This feature article utilises the results of the 06BC to give an overview of older persons (persons aged 65 and over) in Hong Kong.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the 2006 Population By-census Office, C&SD (Tel. : 2716 8025).
¡§The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2006¡¨
Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong¡¦s economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment.
A feature article analysing the economic contribution and employment situation in 2005 in respect of the Four Key Industries was published in the March 2007 issue of the HKMDS. This feature article is an updated version of the article published in March 2007, with data on the Four Key Industries for 2006 incorporated.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the National Income Section (2)1, C&SD (Tel. : 2116 5188).
¡§Tourism Satellite Account for Inbound Tourism of Hong Kong¡¨
Inbound tourism plays a significant role in the economy of Hong Kong. Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is an effective statistical method for measuring the economic contribution of tourism and serves as an important basis for calculating its economic effects. This feature article describes the major results of TSA for Hong Kong¡¦s inbound tourism in 2000, 2003 and 2006.
For enquires about this feature article, please call the Industrial Production and Tourism Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel.: 2805 6641).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing 140 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population and vital events; labour; external trade; industrial production; land, housing, building and construction; transport, communications and tourism; public accounts, money and finance; prices; commerce; social conditions; energy; and national income and Balance of Payments. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available.
Users can download this publication free of charge at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/products/publications/index.jsp).
Print version of this publication is available for sale at HK$110 per issue. Purchase can be done in person at the Publications Unit of the C&SD (Address: 19/F Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai; Tel.: 2582 3025) or through mail order by returning a completed order form which can be downloaded from the C&SD¡¦s website (www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/other_services/provision_of_stat/mail_ordering_of_publications/index.jsp). Print version of this publication is also available for sale online at the Government Bookstore of the Information Services Department (www.bookstore.gov.hk).
Enquiries about the contents of this publication can be directed to the General Statistics Section (1)B of the C&SD (Tel.: 2582 4738).
Ends/Thursday, March 20, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:00
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