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Special review article on Hong Kong Energy Statistics, 1983-93

The December 1994 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics contains a special review article entitled "Hong Kong Energy Statistics, 1983-93".

Energy consumed by final users can be divided into two categories.

The first category includes energy extracted from a stock of reserves in the ground, such as coal, crude oil and natural gas, without undergoing any transformation processes. Such energy is referred to as primary energy.

The other category comprises energy obtained from transformation of primary energy. Such energy is referred to as secondary energy. Examples are petroleum products and electricity.

Since Hong Kong does not have its own indigenous production, different forms of primary energy arc all imported.

Part of such primary energy may be converted to secondary energy such as electricity and gas for final consumption. This article summarises the production and consumption of different forms of energy in the territory in the period 1983-93.

The December 1994 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics is available at $48 per copy.

It contains a large volume of commonly used social and economic statistical information.

It can be purchased at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong and at the Publications Section of Census and Statistics Department on 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

End/Tuesday, January 10, 1995