Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 15, 2019 (SKNIS):
In an effort to get accurate and timely information
that can be used to plan policies and execute targeted marketing strategies,
business and institutional communities are encouraged to strengthen cooperation
with the Department of Statistics.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Elretha
Simpson-Browne, made these remarks at the Department of Statistics’ Open Day in
observance of Caribbean Statistics Day 2019 on Tuesday, October 15.
“Our business communities are very important to us. My focus today is to appeal
to our business and institutional communities to cooperate more with the
Department of Statistic, and to ask you to give the department the support and
the information that we need so that when we disseminate the statistics it
would be accurate statistics,” the permanent secretary said.
She referenced the launch of the Department of Statistics’ website: www.stats.gov.kn, and noted that the cooperation from relevant stakeholders will be
greatly appreciated because timely and accurate information is key.
“Today, (October 15), we launched our website, but I believe that we know
whatever we put in is what we are going to get out. So if the information that
goes on our website is not correct, then that is the information that the
general public would have,” the permanent secretary said.
Business and Institutional Communities Encouraged to Strengthen Cooperation with the Department of Statistics
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