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The following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 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.
July 2011
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2011
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for April - June 2011
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2011
22 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for Third Quarter 2011
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2011
August 2011
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2011
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Second Quarter 2011
11 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2011
11 Mid-year Population for 2011
12 Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
2011: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
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)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - July 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2011
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2011
29 Retail Sales Statistics for July 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2011 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2011 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2011 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2011 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2011
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Second Quarter 2011
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Second Quarter 2011
12 Construction Output Statistics for Second
Quarter 2011
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2011
15 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Second Quarter 2011
15 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for Second Quarter 2011
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
June 2011
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Second Quarter 2011
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Second
Quarter 2011
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for June – August 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2011
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Second
Quarter 2011
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Second
Quarter 2011
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2011
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2011 can be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Thursday, June 30, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:01
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