Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between April and June 2011. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2011 was provided to the mass media in September 2010. No change has been made to the original schedule.


April 2011
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Date  Press Release
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19    Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise Trade for February 2011

19    Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for January - March 2011

21    Consumer Price Index for March 2011

26    Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2011

28    External Merchandise Trade Statistics for March 2011

May 2011
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Date  Press Release
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3     Retail Sales Statistics for March 2011

3     Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics for 1st Quarter 2011

12    Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise Trade for March 2011

13    Gross Domestic Product for 1st Quarter 2011: data contained in the press release entitled "Economic Situation in the 1st Quarter of 2011 and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2011" issued by the Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office (Note)

19    Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for February - April 2011

23    Consumer Price Index for April 2011

26    External Merchandise Trade Statistics for April 2011

31    Retail Sales Statistics for April 2011

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 1st Quarter Economic Report 2011 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2011 as a whole.  The GDP for the 1st quarter of 2011 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the 1st quarter of 2011 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

June 2011
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Date  Press Release
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9     Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers for 1st Quarter 2011

10    Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service Industries for 1st Quarter 2011

13    Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for 1st Quarter 2011

13    Construction Output Statistics for 1st Quarter 2011

13    Gross National Product and External Factor Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2011

16    Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise Trade for April 2011

16    Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for March - May 2011

17    Statistics on Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China for 1st Quarter 2011

20    Employment and Vacancies Statistics for March 2011

20    Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity for 1st Quarter 2011

21    Consumer Price Index for May 2011

23    Payroll and Wage Statistics for 1st Quarter 2011

23    Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics for 1st Quarter 2011

28    External Merchandise Trade Statistics for May 2011

     If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2011 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).

Ends/Thursday, March 31, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:00

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