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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 2015. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2015 was provided to the media in September 2014. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2015
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December
2014
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Fourth Quarter 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for November 2014 - January
2015
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2014
17 Year-end Population for 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2015
25 Gross Domestic Product for Fourth
Quarter 2014 and the whole year of 2014:
data contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2015
March 2015
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2015
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2014
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter
2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2014
13 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for Fourth Quarter 2014
16 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for Fourth Quarter
2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for December 2014 - February
2015
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2015
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2014
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2015
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2014
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2014
23 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for
Fourth Quarter 2014
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2015
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for December
2014
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2015
April 2015
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Date Press Release
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16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2015
23 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for January - March 2015
24 Business Expectations for Second Quarter
2015
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2015
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the whole year of 2014 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 25, 2015. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the whole year 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 2015 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, January 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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