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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1988
SPECIAL ARTICLE ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS PUBLISHED
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THE MARCH 1988 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "SHIPPING, AND CARGO STATISTICS OF HONG KONG".
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THE ARTICLE GIVES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM WHICH WAS SET UP IN 1983 FOR COMPILING THE TERRITORY'S SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS.
IT INCLUDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE TYPES OF STATISTICS AVAILABLE FROM THE SYSTEM, THE USES OF THE STATISTICS, THE SAMPLING METHOD FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS, THE DATA SOURCES AND THE COVERAGE OF THE STATISTICS.
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS. AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADE STATISTICS AND PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
THE ARTICLE ALSO PRESENTS A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS OF HONG KONG FROM 1983 TO 1987.
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INCREASING TRENDS ARE OBSERVED FOR THE NUMBER INWARD/OUTWARD OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND THEIR CAPACITY. THE TONNAGE SEABORNE CARGO DISCHARGED/LOADED IN HONG KONG ALSO EXHIBITED AN INCREASING TREND THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE FIGURES FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SHIPMENT, NAMELY INWARD DIRECT SHIPMENT, OUTWARD DIRECT SHIPMENT, INWARD TRANSHIPMENT AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, ARE FURTHER ANALYSED BY MAJOR COUNTRY OF LOADING/DISCHARGE AND BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY.
STATISTICS FOR SEABORNE CARGO CARRIED IN CONTAINERS (OR CONTAINERISED CARGO), WHICH ARE AVAILABLE AS FROM 1986, ARE ALSO PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE.
THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS NOW ON SALE AT $30 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENEAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATION SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAL TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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