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January 2023 issue of "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" now available
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     The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (January 16) the January 2023 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 "Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2012 to 2021" and "Trend of Payroll per Person Engaged in 2012 to 2022".
 
"Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2012 to 2021"
 
     Hong Kong is an international financial centre and commercial hub for multinational corporations to manage their investments and businesses around the world. It is also a gateway to the vast market of the mainland of China (the Mainland) as well as a platform for facilitating the Mainland enterprises to gain access to the global market. External direct investment (DI) between Hong Kong and the rest of the world, including the Mainland, is very sizable. Analysis of Hong Kong's DI statistics over the past years is useful in understanding the characteristics and trend of DI in Hong Kong.
 
     This feature article presents the salient features of Hong Kong's DI statistics in the past decade.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Balance of Payments Branch (2) of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7016; email: di@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
"Trend of Payroll per Person Engaged in 2012 to 2022"
 
     Over the past decade, payroll per person engaged continued to increase in nominal terms, albeit at a moderating rate of increase. Payroll per person engaged grew by 41.1% in nominal terms over the 10-year period, representing an average annual growth rate of 3.5%.
 
     This feature article analyses the trend of payroll per person engaged in the past decade from 2012 to 2022, and the movements by industry section in the recent years.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2887 5584; email: wage@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 at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
 
     Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
Ends/Monday, January 16, 2023
Issued at HKT 16:30
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