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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between August and October 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.
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
September 2014
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Date Press Release
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5 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Second Quarter 2014
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Second Quarter 2014
12 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for Second Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for
Second Quarter 2014
15 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for Second Quarter 2014
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for June - August 2014
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for Second Quarter 2014
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2014
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for June 2014
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity
for Second Quarter 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2014
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics
for Second Quarter 2014
25 Wage and Payroll Statistics for June 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for August 2014
29 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2014
October 2014
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Date Press Release
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16 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for August 2014
20 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for July - September 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for September 2014
24 Business Expectations for Fourth Quarter 2014
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for September 2014
27 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 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 the 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/Thursday, July 31, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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