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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between June and August 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.
June 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2014
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for First Quarter 2014
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for First Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for
First Quarter 2014
13 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for First Quarter 2014
13 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for
First Quarter 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for March - May 2014
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for First Quarter 2014
19 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for April 2014
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
First Quarter 2014
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for May 2014
23 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for
First Quarter 2014
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2014
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for March 2014
July 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for April - June 2014
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2014
18 Business Expectations for Third Quarter 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2014
24 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for June 2014
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2014
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Second Quarter 2014
August 2014
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Date Press Release
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12 Mid-year Population for 2014
14 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for June 2014
15 Gross Domestic Product for
Second Quarter 2014: data contained in the
press release entitled "Economic Situation
in the Second Quarter of 2014 and
Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2014"
issued by the Economic Analysis Division
of the Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for May - July 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for July 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for July 2014
28 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2014
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 2014 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2014 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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/Friday, May 30, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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