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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (July 20) the July 2011 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
In this issue, three feature articles entitled "Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2010", "Statistics on Electronic Products and the Electronics Industry" and "The 2009/10-based Consumer Price Indices" are included.
"Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2010"
In 2010, Hong Kong residents made a total of 72.7 million person-trips to the mainland of China (the Mainland) for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the Mainland, business travel accounted for 33% and personal travel for 67%.
Personal travel refers to travel which is not business-related. It covers travel in package tour mode and non-package tour mode for purposes such as holiday-making, visits to friends and relatives, and attending recreational and cultural programmes.
Of the 48.8 million personal trips to the Mainland, 55% were destined for Shenzhen, 38% for other places in the Guangdong Province and the remaining 7% for other places in the Mainland outside the Guangdong Province. Analysed by length of stay, around 41% were same-day trips. The remaining 59% were overnight trips, with average length of stay of 3.4 nights.
In 2010, total consumption expenditure of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the Mainland amounted to $34.4 billion. The average expenditure per person-trip was around $710. For overnight trips of personal travel to the Mainland, the average expenditure per person-trip was around $990. That for same-day trips was around $290.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the National Income Section (1)3, C&SD (Tel.: 2582 4643).
"Statistics on Electronic Products and the Electronics Industry"
Electronic products occupy a prominent position in the import and export trade of Hong Kong. Statistics on electronic products and the electronics industry have been compiled by C&SD on a regular basis. In 2010, the value of electronic products imported and exported accounted for 50.8% and 53.8% of the value of Hong Kong's imports and total exports respectively.
This feature article analyses the performance of external trade of electronic products and the electronics industry in Hong Kong as reflected by the external trade statistics and industrial statistics in recent years. The classifications of electronic products and the electronics industry adopted in compiling such statistics are also discussed.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Trade Analysis Section (1), C&SD (Tel.: 2582 4914).
"The 2009/10-based Consumer Price Indices"
The Consumer Price Indices (CPIs), which reflect the impact of consumer price changes on households, are compiled by combining information on price changes and expenditure patterns. The expenditure patterns are derived from the results of a Household Expenditure Survey (HES) conducted at five-yearly intervals.
A new round of HES was conducted from October 2009 to September 2010 by C&SD. With reference to the results of the survey, the expenditure ranges and the weighting patterns of the CPI series have been updated.
After its first release in April 2011, the new 2009/10-based CPI series has replaced the old 2004/05-based series for analysing movements in consumer prices. This feature article presents the main features of the new CPI series. It also analyses the expenditure weights and the movements of the new and old CPI series.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Consumer Price Index Section, C&SD (Tel.: 2805 6401).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 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/statistical_report/general_statistical_digest/index.jsp).
Print version of the publication is available for sale at HK$248 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 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/Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:02
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