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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 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.
July 2015
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Date Press Release
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16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2015
17 Business Expectations for Third Quarter
2015
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for April - June 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2015
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2015
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2015
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Second Quarter 2015
August 2015
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Date Press Release
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13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2015
13 Mid-year Population for 2015
14 Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
2015: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
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)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - July 2015
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2015
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2015
31 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2015
September 2015
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Second Quarter 2015
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Second Quarter 2015
11 Construction Output Statistics for Second
Quarter 2015
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the Industrial Sector for
Second Quarter 2015
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Second Quarter 2015
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for June - August 2015
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2015
17 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Second Quarter 2015
18 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Second
Quarter 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for August 2015
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
June 2015
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Second
Quarter 2015
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2015
25 Wage and Payroll Statistics for June 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2015 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2015 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2015 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second 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, June 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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