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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (December 2008 - February 2009). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2008 and 2009 were provided to the mass media in September 2007 and September 2008 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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
February 2009
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2008
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2008
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 2008
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2008
16 Year-end Population for 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Nov 2008 - Jan 2009
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2009
25 [Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter 2008
and the whole year of 2008 : data contained
in the Budget supporting documents](Note)
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2009
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the whole year of 2008 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the budget speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 25, 2009. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the whole year of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2009 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no. : 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, November 28, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:14
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