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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 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.
July 2016
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Date Press Release
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15 Business expectations for third quarter
2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment
statistics for April - June 2016
19 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for May 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for
June 2016
August 2016
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for June 2016
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases
statistics for second quarter 2016
11 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for June 2016
11 Mid-year population for 2016
12 Gross Domestic Product for second quarter
2016: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the second
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)
18 Unemployment and underemployment
statistics for May - July 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2016
25 External merchandise trade statistics for
July 2016
29 Retail sales statistics for July 2016
September 2016
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Date Press Release
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8 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and
containers for second quarter 2016
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
service industries for second quarter 2016
12 Construction output statistics for second
quarter 2016
13 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the industrial
sector for second quarter 2016
13 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for second quarter 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment
statistics for June - August 2016
19 Statistics on trade involving outward
processing in the mainland of China for
second quarter 2016
20 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for July 2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic
Product by economic activity for second
quarter 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for
June 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2016
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position statistics for second
quarter 2016
26 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for
August 2016
30 Retail sales statistics for August 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2016 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second 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/Thursday, June 30, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
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