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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (December 22) the December 2008 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
In this issue, two feature articles entitled ˇ§Hong Kong's Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China, 1997 to 2007ˇ¨ and ˇ§An Analysis of Human Resources with Post-secondary Education or Working as Professionals/Associate Professionalsˇ¨ are included.
"Hong Kong's Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China, 1997 to 2007"
Outward processing activities play an important role in Hong Kong's trade with the mainland of China (the Mainland). According to the findings of the Survey on Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China conducted by C&SD, the proportions of Hong Kong's trade with the Mainland involving outward processing activities remained high in 2007, ranging from 34% in re-exports to the Mainland to 78% in re-exports of the Mainland origin to other places.
Feature articles addressing this subject have been published in this Digest regularly since 1995. This feature article describes Hong Kongˇ¦s trade involving outward processing in the Mainland during the period from 1997 to 2007.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Trade Surveys and Research Section, C&SD (Tel. : 2582 5255).
"An Analysis of Human Resources with Post-secondary Education or Working as Professionals/Associate Professionals"
Human resources development has long been seen as one of the thrusts for enhancing competitiveness and bringing about economic growth of an economy. Statistics on human resources are useful information to throw light on the supply of human resources available for sustainable development. In this feature article, two groups of persons in human resources are specifically analysed, viz. persons with post-secondary education or persons working as professionals/associate professionals. Growth in the number of these persons is considered essential for an economy to spearhead towards a knowledge-based economy.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Science and Technology Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel. : 2887 5138).
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 the publication free of charge at the website of C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/products_and_services/products/publications/index.jsp).
Print version of the publication is available for sale at HK$110 per issue. Purchase can be done in person at the Publications Unit of 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 the 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 the publication can be directed to the General Statistics Section (1)B of C&SD (Tel. : 2582 4738).
Ends/Monday, December 22, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:00
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