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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between January and March 2016. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2016 was provided to the media in September 2015. No change has been made to the original schedule.
January 2016
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail sales statistics for November 2015
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for October - December 2015
19 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for November 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2015
22 Business expectations for first quarter
2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
December 2015
February 2016
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for December 2015
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases
statistics for fourth quarter 2015
18 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for December 2015
18 Year-end population for 2015
23 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for November 2015 - January 2016
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2016
24 Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter
2015 and the whole year of 2015: data
contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
25 External merchandise trade statistics for
January 2016
March 2016
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for January 2016
7 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and
containers for fourth quarter 2015
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
service industries for fourth quarter 2015
11 Construction output statistics for fourth
quarter 2015
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the industrial sector for
fourth quarter 2015
15 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for fourth quarter 2015
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for December 2015 - February 2016
17 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for January 2016
18 Statistics on trade involving outward
processing in the mainland of China for
fourth quarter 2015
18 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic
Product by economic activity for fourth
quarter 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2016
21 Employment and vacancies statistics for
December 2015
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position statistics for fourth
quarter 2015
29 External merchandise trade statistics for
February 2016
29 Wage and payroll statistics for December
2015
31 Retail sales statistics for February 2016
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the whole year of 2015 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 24, 2016. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the whole year 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 2016 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Thursday, December 31, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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