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LCQ1: Statistics on household income
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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 13):

Question:

     Regarding the statistics on domestic household income collected from the quarterly round of the General Household Survey, will the Government provide the following relevant data for 2010:

(a) the range, median and mean of the household income for each of the 10 decile income groups of all Hong Kong households (data excluding foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) and listed in ascending order); and

(b) the range, median and mean of the per capita household income for each of the 10 decile income groups of all Hong Kong people (data excluding FDHs and listed in ascending order)?

Reply:

President,

     Based on the results of the General Household Survey, the Census and Statistics Department has prepared relevant statistics on monthly household income and per capita monthly household income for 2010 in the table at Annex. The relevant statistics does not include foreign domestic helpers.

Ends/Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Issued at HKT 13:00

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