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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (April 15) the April 2016 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Tourism Satellite Account for Inbound Tourism of Hong Kong" and "The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong".
"Tourism Satellite Account for Inbound Tourism of Hong Kong"
Inbound tourism plays an important role in the economy of Hong Kong. Tourism Satellite Account is an effective statistical framework for measuring the economic contribution of tourism. This feature article describes the major results of the Tourism Satellite Account for Hong Kong's inbound tourism in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Industrial Production Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 3903 7245; email: manufacturing@censtatd.gov.hk).
"The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong"
Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant international financial centres in the world. The contribution of the financial services sector to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product increased from 13% in 2004 to 17% in 2014. This feature article presents the operating characteristics and business performance of selected industries in the sector between 2012 and 2014. This feature article also briefly highlights the overall quarterly business performance of selected industries in the sector in 2015.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Business Services Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 3903 7266; email: business-services@censtatd.gov.hk).
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; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; Government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. 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 Digest free of charge at the website of C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/sp140.jsp?productCode=B1010002).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Services Section of C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
Ends/Friday, April 15, 2016
Issued at HKT 16:00
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