The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (April 15) the April 2025 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
 
     Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains a feature article entitled "An Overview of Water Supplies in Hong Kong". Statistics presented in the "An Overview of Water Supplies in Hong Kong" article are based on the data source from the Water Supplies Department.
 
"An Overview of Water Supplies in Hong Kong"
 
     Water is the lifeblood of mankind. Our community's survival and prosperity depend on it. In Hong Kong, the provision of water supply services falls under the ambit of the Water Supplies Department of the Government. This feature article briefly describes selected major aspects of water supplies in Hong Kong. These include a general profile of the water supply system and its service coverage, consumption of fresh water, and supply of raw water.
 
     Statistics presented in this feature article are based on the data source from the Water Supplies Department. For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Statistics Unit of the Water Supplies Department (Tel: 2829 5660; email: wsdinfo@wsd.gov.hk).
 
     Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 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/Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Issued at HKT 16:30

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