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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (August - October 2009). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2009 was provided to the mass media in September 2008. No change has been made to the original schedule.
August 2009
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2009
3 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2009
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2009
11 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2009
13 Mid-year Population for 2009
14 Gross Domestic Product for 2nd Quarter
2009 : data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
Quarter of 2009 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2009" 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 May - Jul 2009
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2009
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2009
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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2009 and second update of GDP and price forecasts for 2009 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2009 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2009 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2009
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2009
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 2nd Quarter 2009
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 2nd Quarter 2009
11 Construction Output Statistics for 2nd
Quarter 2009
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 2nd Quarter
2009
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2009
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jun - Aug 2009
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2009
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for 2nd
Quarter 2009
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for June
2009
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 2nd Quarter
2009
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2009
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for 2nd
Quarter 2009
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2009
24 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 2nd Quarter
2009
29 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2009
October 2009
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Date Press Release
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19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jul - Sep 2009
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for August 2009
22 Consumer Price Index for September 2009
23 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 4th Quarter 2009
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
September 2009
29 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 2009
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, July 31, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00
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