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	         Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (September - November 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.
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
----    -------------
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
November 2009
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------
2       Retail Sales Statistics for September 2009
	
2       Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
        for 3rd Quarter 2009
6       Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
        Industrial Origin for 3rd Quarter 2009
10      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for September 2009
13      Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter 2009 :
        data contained in the press release entitled
        "Economic Situation in the Third 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)
17      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for Aug - Oct 2009
20      Consumer Price Index for October 2009
26      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2009 and final update of GDP and price forecasts for 2009 as a whole.  The GDP for the third quarter of 2009 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2009 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/Monday, August 31, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00
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