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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (November 2008 - January 2009). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2008 and 2009 was provided to the mass media in September 2007 and September 2008 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2008
4 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2008
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 3rd Quarter 2008
10 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2008
14 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter
2008: data contained in the press release
entitled ˇ§Economic Situation in the Third
Quarter of 2008 and Updated GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2008ˇ¨ issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Aug - Oct 2008
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2008
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2008
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 2008 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2008 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2008 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2008
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2008
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2008
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2008
12 Construction Output Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2008
12 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 3rd Quarter
2008
15 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2008
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2008
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Sep - Nov 2008
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
3rd Quarter 2008
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 3rd
Quarter 2008
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for November 2008
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2008
29 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2008
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2008
January 2009
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2008
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Oct - Dec 2008
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2008
23 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2009
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2008
Ends/Friday, October 31, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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