Implementation of a Decentralised Statistical System
Key Statistical Developments in the 1970s
The first set of Input-Output Tables for 1973 was published.
Compilation of Input-Output Tables was initiated.
The Business Expectations Survey was launched.
GDP and GDE estimates at 1968 market prices were first released.
The Consumer Price Index was first revised, based on the results of the 1972/73 Household Expenditure Survey.
The Wholesale Price Index was first compiled.
The first Labour Force Survey (LFS) was launched by DOS. The LFS was taken over by the Ministry of Labour (now the Ministry of Manpower) in 1974 after the adoption of the decentralised statistical system.
The second Household Expenditure Survey was conducted in Singapore. This was the first time that DOS conducted the survey and it was the first Household Expenditure Survey to cover the whole of Singapore. The Household Expenditure Survey was first conducted by the Social Welfare Department in 1956/57.
Public Sector Accounts were compiled.
Singapore’s first Census of Population after independence was conducted.
The Study of Financial Structure and Operation of Companies in Singapore was launched.