The Hong Kong government will exempt 90 per cent of households from the year-long population census in 2026, opting instead for a “re-engineered” model that uses existing data to track the city’s demographics – a major break from decades of statistical tradition. Leo Yu Chun-keung, commissioner for census and statistics, said on Friday that the 2026 population census had been revamped to improve workflow. “To modernise the mode of Hong Kong’s population census, we will implement several...