Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 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.

July 2012
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Date     Press Release
----     -------------
3        Retail Sales Statistics for May 2012

17       Volume and Price Statistics of External
         Merchandise Trade for May 2012

19       Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
         for April - June 2012

20       Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
         Survey for Third Quarter 2012

23       Consumer Price Index for June 2012

24       External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
         June 2012

August 2012
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Date     Press Release
----     -------------
2        Retail Sales Statistics for June 2012

2        Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
         for Second Quarter 2012

10       Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
         2012 : data contained in the press release
         entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
         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)

13       Mid-year Population for 2012

14       Volume and Price Statistics of External
         Merchandise Trade for June 2012

16       Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
         for May - July 2012

21       Consumer Price Index for July 2012

28       External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
         July 2012

30       Retail Sales Statistics for July 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2012 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2012 as a whole.  The GDP for the second quarter of 2012 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

September 2012
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Date     Press Release
----     -------------
7        Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
         Containers for Second Quarter 2012

10       Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
         Service Industries for Second Quarter 2012

13       Index of Industrial Production and Producer
         Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
         Second Quarter 2012

13       Construction Output Statistics for Second
         Quarter 2012

14       Gross National Product and External Factor
         Income Flows for Second Quarter 2012

18       Volume and Price Statistics of External
         Merchandise Trade for July 2012

18       Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
         for June - August 2012

18       Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
         Processing in the Mainland of China for
         Second Quarter 2012

20       Consumer Price Index for August 2012

20       Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
         June 2012

20       Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
         Product by Economic Activity for Second
         Quarter 2012

24       Payroll and Wage Statistics for Second
         Quarter 2012

24       Balance of Payments and International
         Investment Position Statistics for Second
         Quarter 2012

25       External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
         August 2012

     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/Friday, June 29, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:00

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