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Hong Kong’s Lies and Damned Lies

Hong Kong’s Lies and Damned Lies

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Philip Bowring
Mar 12, 2007
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It’s a commonplace

that statistics lie. But how much they lie and in whose favor depends very much

on which statistics you care to use.

Naturally,

governments tend to choose the most flattering. Some also work to ensure that

the statistics themselves deliver the required message. Consumer price indices,

being politically the most sensitive, are especially sub…

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