Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
----      -------------
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
----      -------------
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
----      -------------
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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