Census Department Releases March 2026 Hong Kong Monthly Statistics Digest Featuring Elderly Home Resident Profiles.

March 2026 issue of "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" now available

The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (March 16) the March 2026 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).

Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains a feature article entitled "The Profile of Persons Residing in Private Elderly Homes in 2025".

"The Profile of Persons Residing in Private Elderly Homes in 2025"

A survey was conducted by C&SD during July to August 2025 to collect the age-sex profile of persons residing in private elderly homes (PEH). Results of the survey together with some other administrative records are used in the General Household Survey to estimate the age-sex profile of the land-based non-institutional population of Hong Kong. This feature article gives a brief account of the results of the 2025 round of the Annual Survey on Profile of Inmates of PEH.

For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the General Household Survey Section (3) of the C&SD (Tel: 2887 5208; email: ghs@censtatd.gov.hk).

Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 130 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).

Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).

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Labour Department enhances industry-based recruitment and employment services

The Labour Department (LD) announced today (March 16) that the 10 job centres across the territory will strengthen recruitment and employment services for the catering, retail and construction industries from April 1, including organising more district-based job fairs, staging recruitment weeks and strengthening employment advisory services for these industries, with a view to providing employers and job seekers with more convenient and appropriate services.

The LD today also launched enhanced industry-based thematic webpages - Dedicated Webpages on Catering, Retail and Construction Industries - to provide job seekers with the latest information about these sectors, including job fairs, job vacancies and recruitment trends. Job seekers may also receive information about newly posted job vacancies via email or push notifications through the Interactive Employment Service website and its mobile application.

In addition, the LD will organise three large-scale "Embarking on a New Journey" industry-based job fairs at MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok on April 21, May 12 and May 13 to provide a large number of job vacancies from the above industries. Details of the district-based job fairs and recruitment weeks for the industries to be held at job centres will be announced nearer the time on the Dedicated Webpages on Catering, Retail and Construction Industries.

To enhance the effective use of public resources, the Recruitment Centre for the Catering Industry and Retail Industry in Cheung Sha Wan, as well as the Recruitment Centre for the Construction Industry in Ngau Tau Kok, will cease operation on April 1. Members of the public may visit job centres in various districts or browse the Dedicated Webpages on Catering, Retail and Construction Industries for employment information and services related to these sectors.

The LD will continue to enhance its services in light of service needs and market situation to further improve efficiency.

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