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1. News - Hong Kong - GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT

   We were given a mission impossible, say census officers

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... 20 a day, he said. The department would insult teams who could not meet targets and that helped push officers to make up answers, he added. A spokeswoman for the Census and Statistics ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124091/we-were-given-mission-impossible-say-census-officers
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Falsified census data undermines policy decision making

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am

   ... the credibility of unemployment rate and other key government figures will be called into question. Under the Census and Statistics Ordinance, officers who knowingly falsify data are liable to a fine ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1125044/falsified-census-data-undermines-policy-decision-making
3. Improving economic situation sees 9.8pc boost in retail trade

   Posted Dec 02nd 2009, 12:00am by Dennis Eng, Paggie Leung

   ... Census and Statistics Department Shenzhen Dennis Eng and Paggie Leung Shoppers splashed out on more shoes, soft drinks and skincare products as retailers rang up about HK$22.8 billion in October, a 9.8 per cent increase on a year ago. The growth in sales is up from the 2.6 per cent rise in September and exceeded the 7.6 per cent jump many economists had expected, Census ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700040/improving-economic-situation-sees-98pc-boost-retail-trade
4. News - Hong Kong - STATISTICS

   'Fake census' officers may be criminally liable

   Posted Jan 09th 2013, 12:00am by Colleen Lee, LO WEI

   ... investigating the case. But lawmakers said the Census and Statistics Department probe was not enough and called for an independent inquiry. It came after reports in M ing Pao newspaper alleging ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1123286/fake-census-officers-may-be-criminally-liable
5. News - Hong Kong - INQUIRY

   Experts appointed to probe faking of census data

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by NG KANG-CHUNG

   ... News Hong Kong Census and Statistics Lily Ou-yang Ng Kang-chung kc.ng@scmp.com Three external experts will join a government task force investigating allegations of widespread data fabrication by census field officers. The inquiry panel, chaired by the Commissioner for Census and Statistics Lily Ou-yang, will complete its probe in six weeks and make recommendations ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124974/experts-appointed-probe-faking-census-data
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Census data should leave no room for doubts

   Posted Apr 02nd 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... there was no proof of frontline staff systematically faking answers. The taskforce therefore concluded that there was no evidence to query the overall authenticity of its statistics. Statisticians may have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1205035/census-data-should-leave-no-room-doubts
7. education

   Posted Apr 27th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Kong's student population and the number of secondary schools over the past five years. Present the changes with a bar chart. You can find useful information on the Census and Statistics ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/712615/education
8. News - Hong Kong - SOCIETY

   Number of those living solo rises 40pc from a decade ago

   Posted Mar 16th 2013, 12:00am by Ada Lee

   ... fewer than 290,000 people lived alone, but the number rose to more than 400,000 in 2011, the Census and Statistics Department revealed, attributing the change to the post-war baby boom ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1191769/number-those-living-solo-rises-40pc-decade-ago
9. In Brief

   Posted Dec 30th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... by the Census and Statistics Department. It will seek approval from the legislature in the middle of next year for HK$87 million to update computer systems to prepare for the census. Data collection ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665328/brief
10. Comment - Letters

    Lesson for society in census scandal

    Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am

    ... Comment Letters Fake Census Statistics Scandal Hong Kong Allegations of fabricating statistics have been made against census officers. The controversy involving the credibility of the Census and Statistics Department has damaged the Hong Kong government's reputation. Firstly, the fact that census officers may have fabricated answers when conducting household interviews ... new --> samho2088 Jan 25th 2013 12:53pm The census officers, as civil servants, receive excessively high salaries. They do nothing but fabricate data. Meanwhile, those employed in the private sector are frequently exploited by their bosses. The rewards they get are not proportional to the efforts made. It is time for the government to review the salaries of these civil ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1135474/lesson-society-census-scandal

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