January 2017 issue of Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics now available
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Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2006 to 2015" and "An Overview of the Public Library Services in Hong Kong". Statistics presented in the "An Overview of the Public Library Services in Hong Kong" article are based on the data source from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
"Hong Kong's External Direct Investment Statistics, 2006 to 2015"
Hong Kong is an international financial centre and a regional business hub. 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 Section, C&SD (Tel: 3903 7016; email: di@censtatd.gov.hk).
"An Overview of the Public Library Services in Hong Kong"
Libraries provide a gateway to the world of information and knowledge. In Hong Kong, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is responsible for the provision of public library services. This feature article gives an overview of the provision, utilisation and latest developments of the public library services in Hong Kong.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Statistics Unit, Leisure and Cultural Services Department (Tel: 2601 8657; email: enquiries@lcsd.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/Monday, January 16, 2017
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