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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (September - November 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.
September 2007
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2007
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for 2nd Quarter 2007
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for
2nd Quarter 2007
12 Construction Output Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2007
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production and Quarterly Producer Price
Indices for Manufacturing Industries
for 2nd Quarter 2007
14 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2007
14 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for July 2007
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jun - Aug 2007
20 Consumer Price Index for August 2007
20 Statistics on Trade Involving
Outward Processing in the Mainland
of China for 2nd Quarter 2007
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for June 2007
21 Quarterly Constant Price Gross
Domestic Product by Economic Activity
for 2nd Quarter 2007
24 Balance of Payments Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2007
27 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for August 2007
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2007
October 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2007
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jul - Sep 2007
16 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for
August 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for September 2007
25 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 4th Quarter 2007
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for September 2007
30 Salary Indices for Managerial
and Professional Employees for
June 2007
November 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2007
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 3rd
Quarter 2007
9 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2007
12 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for
September 2007
16 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter
2007: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
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)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Aug - Oct 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2007 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2007 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2007 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third 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 (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, August 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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