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Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between November 2017 and January 2018. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 and 2018 were provided to the media in September 2016 and September 2017 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.

November 2017
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Date     Press Release
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3          Retail sales statistics for September 2017
3          Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics
            for third quarter 2017
9          Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for September 2017
10        Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2017:
            data contained in the press release entitled
            "Economic Situation in the Third Quarter of 2017
            and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2017" issued by
            the Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis 
            and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial
            Secretary's Office (Note)
16        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            August - October 2017
21        Consumer Price Index for October 2017
27        External merchandise trade statistics for October 2017
30        Retail sales statistics for October 2017

December 2017
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Date     Press Release
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5          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
            for third quarter 2017
11        Quarterly business receipts indices for service
            industries for third quarter 2017
11        Construction output statistics for third quarter 2017
11        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
            mainland of China for third quarter 2017
14        Index of industrial production and producer price index
            for the industrial sector for third quarter 2017
14        Gross National Income and external primary income flows 
            for third quarter 2017
18        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            September - November 2017
19        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
            for October 2017
19        Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2017
21        Consumer Price Index for November 2017
21        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
            economic activity for third quarter 2017
21        Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
            statistics for third quarter 2017
28        External merchandise trade statistics for November 2017
28        Wage and payroll statistics for September 2017

January 2018
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Date     Press Release
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3          Retail sales statistics for November 2017
18        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            October - December 2017
18        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for November 2017
19        Business expectations for first quarter 2018
23        Consumer Price Index for December 2017
25        External merchandise trade statistics for December 2017

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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2017 and final update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2017 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
 
Ends/Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
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