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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between March and May 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.
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
April 2016
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Date Press Release
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19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for January - March 2016
19 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for February 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2016
22 Business expectations for second quarter
2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
March 2016
May 2016
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail sales statistics for March 2016
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases
statistics for first quarter 2016
12 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for March 2016
13 Gross Domestic Product for first quarter
2016: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the first
quarter of 2016 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2016" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for February - April 2016
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
April 2016
31 Retail sales statistics for April 2016
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 2016 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2016 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/Monday, February 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
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