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Monday, October 22, 1973
STATISTICAL GUIDE ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS
The Census and Statistics Department has published a handbook
setting out in simple form certain statistics illustrating the main trends
of social and economic development in Hong Kong during the five-year period
1968-1972.
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Entitled Hong Kong Social and Economic Trends 1968-1972, it
consists of 72 tables, with graphs, covering the main social and economic
statistics most descriptive of Hong Kong with explanatory notes on sources
and coverage at the end of the volume,
The last work of this kind was the compendium "Hong Kong Statistics
1947-67" issued in 1969, and the new handbook should be read in conjunction
with that publication.
A spokesman for the department said it was hoped to produce the
handbook on an annual basis to provide an up-to-date picture of Hong Kong's
development.
The publication is now on sale at $5.50 a copy at the Government
Publications Centre at the Star Ferry Concourse, Hong Kong.
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