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Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 2013. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 was provided to the media in September 2012. No change has been made to the original schedule.

February 2013
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------
19      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for December 2012

19      Year-end Population for 2012

21      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for November 2012 - January 2013

22      Consumer Price Index for January 2013

25      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        January 2013

27      Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter
        2012 and the whole year of 2012: data
        contained in the Budget supporting documents
        (Note)

Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the whole year of 2012 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the Budget Speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 27, 2013. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the whole year of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

March 2013
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------
4       Retail Sales Statistics for January 2013

8       Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
        Containers for Fourth Quarter 2012

11      Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
        Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2012

12      Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
        Quarter 2012

14      Index of Industrial Production and Producer
        Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
        Fourth Quarter 2012

14      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for January 2013

14      Gross National Income and External Primary
        Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2012

18      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for December 2012 - February 2013

19      Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
        Processing in the Mainland of China for
        Fourth Quarter 2012

19      Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
        Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
        Quarter 2012

19      Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
        December 2012

21      Consumer Price Index for February 2013

21      Balance of Payments and International
        Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
        Quarter 2012

26      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        February 2013

26      Wage and Payroll Statistics for December 2012

April 2013
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------
2       Retail Sales Statistics for February 2013

18      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for January - March 2013

18      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for February 2013

22      Consumer Price Index for March 2013

25      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        March 2013

26      Business Expectations for Second Quarter
        2013*

* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey

     If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).

Ends/Thursday, January 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00

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