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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (November 2009 - January 2010). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2009 and 2010 were provided to the mass media in September 2008 and September 2009 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2009
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Date Press Release
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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.
December 2009
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2009
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2009
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2009
11 Construction Output Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 3rd Quarter
2009
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2009
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2009
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Sep - Nov 2009
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
3rd Quarter 2009
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 3rd
Quarter 2009
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2009
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2009
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2009
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
29 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2009
January 2010
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Date Press Release
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19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Oct - Dec 2009
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2009
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2009
22 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2010
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2009
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2010 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no. : 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, October 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00
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