The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) was established in December 1967, witnessing an era of rapid economic growth of Hong Kong. Major statistical systems of C&SD, including those on Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Indices, trade statistics, population and labour statistics, were established during the early years, laying a solid foundation for future development.
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With the reform and opening up of the Mainland, Hong Kong has evolved from a manufacturing hub to a service-based economy. To tie in with this development, C&SD launched new statistical products to reflect the changing economic structure. Furthermore, there was an increasing demand for timely statistics. As such, C&SD strived to develop more comprehensive statistical indicators, in particular the short-term ones, to track the rapid changes in the socio-economic development.
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The process of globalisation has been accelerating continuously in the 21st century with significant growth of international movements of goods, services and capital. As an international trading hub and financial centre, Hong Kong has seen a growing need for more adequate official statistics to gauge the globalisation process and analyse its economic impact. Against this background, C&SD developed a series of new statistics to assess the situation of international trade in services and cross border investment in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong has developed into an advanced economy with the efforts of several generations of people. There have been increasing discussions on social issues in the community, with a view to enabling different sectors of the society to share the fruits of economic development. C&SD is providing more relevant statistics and objective analyses to support evidence-based discussions in the society for reaching consensus. Indeed, C&SD statistics have been examined during the formulation of some major policies on labour, welfare and housing issues. For instance, statistics have been frequently used in studies related to Statutory Minimum Wage, poverty and inadequate housing.
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