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

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

May 2013
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------
2       Retail Sales Statistics for March 2013

2       Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
        for First Quarter 2013

9       Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for March 2013

10      Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter
        2013: data contained in the press release
        entitled "Economic Situation in the First
        Quarter of 2013 and Latest GDP and Price
        Forecasts for 2013" issued by the Economic
        Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
        and Business Facilitation Unit under the
        Financial Secretary's Office (Note)

20      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for February - April 2013

21      Consumer Price Index for April 2013

27      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        April 2013

30      Retail Sales Statistics for April 2013

(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 2013 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     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, February 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00

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