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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (March - May 2007). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2007 was provided to the mass media in September 2006. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2007
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for
4th Quarter 2006
13 Construction Output Statistics for
4th Quarter 2006
15 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices
for Manufacturing Industries for
4th Quarter 2006
15 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 4th
Quarter 2006
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2007
20 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Dec 2006 - Feb 2007
20 Statistics on Trade Involving
Outward Processing in the Mainland
of China for 4th Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies
Statistics for December 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2007
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for
4th Quarter 2006
23 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
4th Quarter 2006
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2007
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
4th Quarter 2006
April 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2007
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jan - Mar 2007
19 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for
February 2007
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2007
26 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for March 2007
May 2007
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2007
8 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for
1st Quarter 2007
10 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 1st Quarter 2007
14 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for
March 2007
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Feb - Apr 2007
18 Gross Domestic Product for
1st Quarter 2007 : data contained
in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First
Quarter of 2007 and Updated GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2007" 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 April 2007
28 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for April 2007
31 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2007
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2007 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2007 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2007 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2007 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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/Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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