Archive of Documents of Major Supportive Works

Analysis and research support to the works of various Government committees / working groups / task forces provided by the Office of the Government Economist.

Poverty Relief

• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2020 (November 2021) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2019 (December 2020) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2018 (December 2019) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2017 (November 2018) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report on Ethnic Minorities 2016 (February 2018) (PDF)
• The 11th meeting of Special Needs Groups Task Force of the Commission on Poverty – 長者貧窮情況分析 (December 2017) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2016 (November 2017) (PDF)
• Poverty Alleviation and Retirement Protection – Progress and Vision (January 2017) (PDF)
• Supplementary Poverty Line Analysis: Expenditure Patterns of Poor Households in 2015 (December 2016) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2015 (October 2016) (PDF)
• 2015 Study on Earnings Mobility (May 2016) (Information Paper; Appendices) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report on Ethnic Minorities 2014 (December 2015) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2014 (October 2015) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report on Disability 2013 (December 2014) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2013 (October 2014) (PDF)
• Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report 2012 (September 2013) (PDF)
• The 5th meeting of Special Needs Groups Task Force of the first-term Commission on Poverty – Illustrating the poverty situation of selected social groups in 2012 (November 2013) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• The 1st meeting of Societal Engagement Task Force of the first-term Commission on Poverty – Illustrating the poverty situation by district based on a basket of indicators (February 2013) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• The 1st meeting of Societal Engagement Task Force of the first-term Commission on Poverty – Illustrating the poverty situation by district based on a basket of indicators – Statistical Appendix (February 2013) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• The 1st meeting of Commission on Poverty(first-term) – Poverty indicators endorsed by the former Commission on Poverty and its latest trends (December 2012) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• The 1st meeting of Commission on Poverty(first-term) – Poverty indicators endorsed by the former Commission on Poverty and its latest trends – Appendix (December 2012) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• The 1st meeting of Commission on Poverty(first-term) – Analytical framework to establish a poverty line for Hong Kong and analyse its situation (December 2012) (Chinese version only) (PDF)
• Indicators of Poverty – An update for 2011 (November 2012)  (PDF)
• Report of the former Commission on Poverty – Illustrating the poverty situation of Hong Kong based on a set of 24 poverty indicators (2007) (PDF)

Population

• Population Policy – Strategies and Initiatives (January 2015)  (PDF)
• Steering Committee on Population Policy – Progress Report 2012 (May 2012) Economic implications of population ageing based on population projections and labour force projections conducted by the Census and Statistics Department (PDF)

Retirement Protection

• Retirement Protection Forging Ahead Consultation Document (December 2015) – Financial assessments of different proposals on retirement protection based on the latest population and labour force projections conducted by the Census and Statistics Department (PDF)

Statutory Minimum Wage

• Study Report on Enhancing the Review Mechanism of the Statutory Minimum (October 2023) (PDF)
• 2022 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2022) (PDF)
• 2020 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2020) (PDF)
• 2018 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2018) (PDF)
• 2016 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2016) (PDF)
• 2014 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2014) (PDF)
• 2012 Report of the Minimum Wage Commission (October 2012) (PDF)
• Report of the Provisional Minimum Wage Commission (October 2010) (PDF)

Abolition of MPF Offsetting Arrangement

• Business Impact Assessment of Abolishing MPF offsetting (April 2017) (PDF)

Standard Working Hours

• Report of the Standard Working Hours Committee (January 2017) (PDF)
• Report of the Policy Study on Standard Working Hours (June 2012) (PDF)

Manpower Projection

• Report on Manpower Projection to 2027 (December 2019) (PDF)
• Report on Manpower Projection to 2022 (April 2015) (PDF)
• Report on Manpower Projection to 2022 (April 2015) (PDF)

Others

Walt Disney Theme Park

• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (February 2018)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (February 2017)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (February 2016)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (February 2015)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (February 2014)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (February 2013)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (January 2012)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (January 2011)  (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Economic Development Update on Hong Kong Disneyland (January 2010) (PDF)
• Economic Assessment of the Hong Kong Disneyland Project (November 1999) (PDF)

Working Group on Long-Term Fiscal Planning

• Report of the Working Group on Long-Term Fiscal Planning (March 2014) (PDF)

The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)

• Legislative Council Panel on Commerce and Industry Information Paper (May 2010) (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Commerce and Industry Information Paper (June 2007) (PDF)
• Legislative Council Panel on Commerce and Industry Information Paper (April 2005) (PDF)

West Kowloon Cultural District

• Economic Impact of developing the West Kowloon Cultural District (May 2007) (PDF)

Task Force on Economic Challenges

• Monitor of Global Responses: An Overview of Measures Adopted by Selected Economies since the Financial Tsunami (22 June 2009) (PDF)
• Monitor of Global Responses to the Financial Tsunami by Selected Economy (late-March to mid-June 2009) (22 June 2009) (PDF)
• Update on the Hong Kong Economy (22 June 2009) (PPT)
• Monthly Monitor of Global Responses to the Financial Tsunami by Selected Economy (for January to mid-March 2009) (3 April 2009) (PDF)
• Update on the Hong Kong Economy (3 April 2009) (PPT)
• Monthly Monitor of Global Responses to the Financial Tsunami by Selected Economy (for December 2008 to mid-January 2009) (22 January 2009) (PDF)
• Update on the Hong Kong Economy (22 January 2009) (PPT)
• Monthly Monitor of Global Responses to the Financial Tsunami by Selected Economy (for November 2008) (8 December 2008) (PDF)
• Update on the Hong Kong Economy (8 December 2008) (PPT)
• Impacts of the Financial Tsunami on the Hong Kong Economy (3 November 2008) (PPT)

Economic Summit on "China's 11th Five-Year Plan and the Development of Hong Kong"

• The Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the 11th Five-Year Plan and the Outlook for Hong Kong (September 2006) (PDF)
• The Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the 11th Five-Year Plan and the Outlook for Hong Kong Executive Summary (September 2006)  (PDF)