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A multi-modal data collection approach will be used in the 2021 population census. In the first phase, all households may provide the required information through the following means: online questionnaire; postal questionnaire with pre-paid return envelope ("Short Form" only); and; telephone interview via the hotline 18 2021.
The Census and Statistics Ordinance amended, enhancing protection of confidentiality of data supplied by individual persons and firms in surveys. 1991: Hong Kong 1991 Population Census conducted. 1992: Ho Wing-huen, Frederick appointed Commissioner for Census and Statistics. 1995: First set of Gross National Product estimates for Hong Kong ...
This realization prompted the expansion of the sub-committee's focus to include preventing unfair data collection practices in the business sector, ensuring principles like due collection means and purposes, good accuracy and retention of the data, openness and security of data, data access and correction, and fostering a culture of personal ...
People from Hong Kong generally refer to themselves, in Cantonese, as Hèung Góng Yàhn (Chinese: 香港人; Cantonese Yale: Hèung Góng Yàhn; lit. 'Hong Kong people'); however, the term is not restricted to those of Chinese descent, owing to Hong Kong's roughly 160-year colonial history that saw the civil servants and traders of British, Indian, Russian and other ethnic groups stationed in ...
A comprehensive vessel traffic service is provided by the department's Vessel Traffic Centre (VTC), with radar surveillance and tracking capabilities as well as a fully integrated data handling sub-system, covers 95% of Hong Kong waters used by seagoing vessels and ferries. The VTC offers advice on the activities of other vessels and gives ...
In the evening of 7 September 2023, a heavy rainstorm struck the territory of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta area, including parts of Guangdong, China and Macau.The record rainfall caused widespread flooding and landslides in the cities, four dead and dozens injured.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest in the world, with a market capitalisation of HK$30.4 trillion (US$3.87 trillion) as of December 2018. [225] Hong Kong is ranked as the 18th most innovative territory in the Global Innovation Index in 2024, [ 226 ] and 3rd in the Global Financial Centres Index . [ 227 ]
14 December: Hong Kong police announce HK$1 million (US$128,000) bounties for five activists residing overseas, including Simon Cheng, charging them with inciting secession under the national security law. [15] 28 December: SMS Sender Registration Scheme will start implement. Under the SMS Registration scheme, SMS sender who have officially ...