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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between March and May 2012. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2012 was provided to the media in September 2011. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2012
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2012
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2011
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2011
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2011
13 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2012
15 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2011 - February 2012
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2011
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2011
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2012
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2012
29 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2012
April 2012
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Date Press Release
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19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2012
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2012
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2012
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2012
27 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for Second Quarter 2012
May 2012
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2012
3 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for First Quarter 2012
11 Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter
2012: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the First
Quarter of 2012 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2012" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2012
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for February - April 2012
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2012
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
April 2012
31 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2012
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2012 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2012 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2012 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2012 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:03
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