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Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 14):
Question:
Regarding the statistics collected from household income quarterly General Household Surveys, will the Government provide the relevant data for the past six years:
(a) the range, median and mean of the annual income for each of the 10 decile groups obtained by dividing the number of all Hong Kong households according to their annual income (excluding foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) and listed in ascending order); and
(b) the range, median and mean of the annual per capita household income for each of the 10 decile groups obtained by dividing the number of all Hong Kong people (excluding FDHs) according to their per capita household income (listed in ascending order)?
Reply:
President,
Based on the results of the General Household Survey, the Census and Statistics Department has prepared relevant statistics (Note) on monthly household income and per capita monthly household income for each year in the period between 2004 and 2009 in the tables at annex.
Note: Excluding foreign domestic helpers.
Ends/Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Issued at HKT 13:13
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