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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (June 15) the June 2016 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains three feature articles entitled "Estimation of Hong Kong Residents Usually Staying in the Guangdong Province", "The Cultural and Creative Industries in Hong Kong" and "Trade between Hong Kong and the Mainland of China".
"Estimation of Hong Kong Residents Usually Staying in the Guangdong Province"
Given the geographical proximity and convenient transport network, there are especially close ties between the Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. A significant number of Hong Kong residents are staying in the Guangdong Province for a prolonged period or travelling frequently between the two places. The C&SD estimated that in mid-2015, around 516 000 Hong Kong residents usually stayed in the Guangdong Province. This feature article gives a brief account of the estimation methodology and presents the estimation results for mid-2013 to mid-2015.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Demographic Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 3903 6933; email: population@censtatd.gov.hk).
"The Cultural and Creative Industries in Hong Kong"
The cultural and creative industries are among the most dynamic sectors in Hong Kong, contributing to both economic growth and job creation. The cultural and creative industries comprise a set of knowledge-based activities that deploy creativity and intellectual capital as primary inputs and deliver goods and services with cultural, artistic and creative contents. This feature article provides the latest statistics of the cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong in 2014.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Construction and Miscellaneous Services Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 3903 6962; email: asps@censtatd.gov.hk).
"Trade between Hong Kong and the Mainland of China"
Hong Kong has maintained a close trading relationship with the mainland of China (the Mainland) for many years. In the past decade, the Mainland was Hong Kong's largest destination of re-exports and supplier of imports, on average accounting for 52.3% and 46.8% of Hong Kong's total re-exports and imports respectively. Since 2005, the Mainland had replaced the United States of America to become the largest destination of Hong Kong's domestic exports, accounting for 40.2% on average of total domestic exports over the last decade.
This feature article analyses the performance and highlights the salient features of trade between Hong Kong and the Mainland during the period from 2006 to 2015.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Trade Analysis Section, C&SD (Tel: 2582 5026; email: trade@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 the 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 the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
Ends/Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Issued at HKT 16:00
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