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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between April and June 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.
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
May 2015
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2015
5 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for First Quarter 2015
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2015
15 Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter
2015: data contained in the press
release entitled "Economic Situation in
the First Quarter of 2015 and Latest GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2015" issued by
the Economic Analysis Division of the
Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the Financial
Secretary's Office (Note)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for February - April 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for April 2015
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for April 2015
June 2015
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2015
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for First Quarter 2015
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for First Quarter 2015
11 Construction Output Statistics for First
Quarter 2015
12 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for First Quarter 2015
15 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for First Quarter
2015
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for March - May 2015
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2015
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
First Quarter 2015
22 Consumer Price Index for May 2015
22 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for First
Quarter 2015
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
March 2015
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for First
Quarter 2015
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2015
26 Wage and Payroll Statistics for March
2015
29 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2015
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 2015 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2015 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2015 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2015 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/Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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