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The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (November 22) the November 2010 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics (HKMDS).
In this issue, three feature articles entitled "Hong Kong's Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China, 1999 to 2009", "Labour Productivity Index for Major Economic Activities, 2000 to 2009" and "The Fertility Trend in Hong Kong, 1981 to 2009" are included.
"Hong Kong's Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China, 1999 to 2009"
Outward processing activities play an important role in Hong Kong's trade with the mainland of China (the Mainland). According to the findings of the Survey on Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China conducted by C&SD, the proportions of Hong Kong's trade with the Mainland involving outward processing activities remained significant in 2009, ranging from 27% in domestic exports to the Mainland to 68% in re-exports of the Mainland origin to other places.
Feature articles addressing this subject have been published in this Digest regularly since 1995. This feature article describes Hong Kong's trade involving outward processing in the Mainland during the period from 1999 to 2009.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Trade Surveys and Research Section, C&SD (Tel: 2582 5255).
"Labour Productivity Index for Major Economic Activities, 2000 to 2009"
Labour Productivity Index (LPI) is an important economic indicator of an economy. It shows how efficiently labour input is used for generating real output and is very useful for analysing the contribution of changes in labour productivity to various industries and the economy as a whole. Factors affecting changes in LPI include changes in technology, organisational structures, management practices and capital, etc.
This feature article outlines the methodology and data sources currently used for compiling LPIs in Hong Kong, and analyses the LPIs for various major economic activities during 2000 to 2009.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Logistics and Producer Prices Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 2894 8402)กกกกกกกก
"The Fertility Trend in Hong Kong, 1981 to 2009"
Hong Kong's fertility showed a declining trend over the past two decades. There has been a moderate re-bounce in fertility rate in the recent years. This feature article gives a brief account of the fertility trend in Hong Kong over the period from 1981 to 2009.
For enquiries about this feature article, please call the Demographic Statistics Section, C&SD (Tel: 2716 8044).กกกกกกกก
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing 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$203 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/Monday, November 22, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:03
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