June 2026 issue of "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" now available
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (June 15) the June 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 Cultural and Creative Industries in Hong Kong".
"The Cultural and Creative Industries in Hong Kong"
The cultural and creative industries are among the most dynamic economic sectors in Hong Kong, contributing to both economic growth and job creation. They comprise a set of knowledge-based activities that deploy creativity and intellectual capital as primary inputs and deliver goods and services with cultural, artistic and creative contents. This feature article provides the statistics of the cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong for 2020 to 2024.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Construction and Miscellaneous Services Statistics Section of the C&SD (Tel: 3903 6962; email: asps@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. 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=430).
Following a recent review conducted by the C&SD, the publication of HKMDS will be suspended. The June 2026 issue is the last issue of this Digest. Updates of the statistical series in the Digest will remain accessible through the relevant statistical tables or web links provided on the website of the C&SD as detailed in the "Summary of data sources" webpage (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/hkmds_ctable.html). In addition, past feature articles published in the Digest have been consolidated on the "Feature Articles" webpage (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/fa.html) for users to download. Future feature articles will also be released on this webpage. The other general digest of C&SD, the "Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics" (HKADS), will continue to be published. Users can download the HKADS at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010003&scode=430).
Enquiries can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 3863 2532; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
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Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products
Five incoming passengers were sentenced to six weeks' to four months' imprisonment and fined $1,000 respectively by the Magistrates' Courts today (June 15) for possessing or importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare to Customs Officers, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO), as well as for importing alternative smoking products (ASPs), in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO) and the Import and Export Ordinance (IEO).
Customs officers intercepted an incoming 46-year-old Chinese female passenger at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point on June 13 and seized 2 600 duty-not-paid cigarettes from her personal baggage, with an estimated market value of about $10,600 and a duty potential of about $8,500. She was subsequently arrested. She was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with a fine of $1,000 by the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (June 15).
Customs officers intercepted an incoming 29-year-old Chinese male passenger at Hong Kong International Airport on June 13, and seized 190 duty-not-paid cigarettes and 28 000 alternative smoking products, with an estimated market value of about $84,700 and a duty potential of about $600 from his personal baggage. The passenger was subsequently arrested. He was sentenced to four months' of imprisonment and fined $1,000 by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today.
Additionally, Customs officers intercepted three incoming Chinese male passenger, aged 31, 37 and 40 respectively at the airport yesterday (June 14). Customs officers seized 16 800 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with a market value of about $84,000 and a duty potential of about $55,000, and 16 800 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with a market value of about $84,000 and a duty potential of about $55,000, as well as 17400 duty-not-paid cigarettes and 27 ASPs, with a market value of about $87,000 and a duty potential of about $57,000, from their personal baggage respectively. The three passengers were subsequently arrested. They were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment and fined $1,000 by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today.
Customs welcomes the sentences. The custodial sentences have imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflect the seriousness of the offences.
Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, cigarettes are dutiable goods to which the DCO applies. Any person who imports, deals with, possesses, sells or buys illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.
Under the IEO, any person who imports an alternative smoking product into Hong Kong commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.
Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Five incoming passengers convicted and jailed for possessing/importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and alternative smoking products Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
