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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (November 2006 - January 2007). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2006 and 2007 were provided to the mass media in September 2005 and September 2006 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for
September 2006
7 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 2006
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 3rd Quarter 2006
13 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2006
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Aug - Oct 2006
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2006
21 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter
2006: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
Quarter of 2006 and Updated GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2006" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
21 Consumer Price Index for October 2006
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2006
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Third Quarter Economic Report 2006 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2006 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2006 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2006 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2006
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2006
14 Construction Output Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2006
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for
3rd Quarter 2006
18 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Sep - Nov 2006
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
3rd Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2006
21 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2006
22 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
3rd Quarter 2006
28 Balance of Payments Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2006
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for November 2006
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2006
January 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Oct - Dec 2006
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2006
25 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 1st Quarter 2007
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2006
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2007 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:03
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