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The Statistics Advisory Board held a meeting today (December 8) to discuss official statistics work and its recent developments.
At the meeting, Members provided views on the relevant strategies for meeting the needs of different groups of stakeholders in conducting the 2016 Population By-census.
The Commissioner for Census and Statistics and Chairman of the Statistics Advisory Board, Mr Leslie Tang, said, "The 2016 Population By-census is a large-scale statistical project involving many stakeholders. To ensure successful implementation of the project, it is important to understand well ahead the needs and concerns of stakeholders, and to anticipate the issues and challenges involved."
Members were informed of the work undertaken by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) to support the Commission of Poverty in setting and updating the poverty line, analysing the poverty situation of special needs groups, and assessing the effectiveness of poverty alleviation measures.
Members also discussed the major staff engagement initiatives taken by C&SD and raised suggestions on the possible areas of improvement.
Besides, the Board was briefed about the other major statistical developments since the previous meeting.
The Statistics Advisory Board is a non-statutory advisory body which advises the Commissioner for Census and Statistics on matters pertaining to government statistical work. Its membership consists of established professionals of the business sector, academia and the community, which provides for a wide representation to assist the Commissioner in integrating views of data users, data suppliers and statisticians. The terms of reference and composition of the Board can be found on the C&SD website (www.censtatd.gov.hk/about_us/our_advisory_board/index.jsp).
Ends/Monday, December 8, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:00
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