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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 2014. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 was provided to the media in September 2013. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2014
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2013
4 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Fourth Quarter 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2013
18 Year-end Population for 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for November 2013 - January 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2014
26 Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter 2013
and the whole year of 2013: data contained in
the Budget supporting documents (Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the whole year of 2013 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 26, 2014. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the whole year of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2014
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2013
13 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2013
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2013
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2013 - February 2014
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2014
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2014
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2013
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2013
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2014
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for December 2013
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2014
April 2014
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Date Press Release
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15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2014
22 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2014
25 Business Expectations for Second Quarter 2014
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2014
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2014 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Thursday, January 30, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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