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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (November 2005 - January 2006). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2005 and 2006 were provided to the mass media in September 2004 and September 2005 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2005
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Date Press Release
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7 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2005
8 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 2005
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 3rd Quarter 2005
15 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2005
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Aug - Oct 2005
21 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2005
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2005
25 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd
Quarter 2005 : data contained in
the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the Third
Quarter of 2005 and Updated GDP and
Price Forecasts for 2005" issued by
the Economic Analysis Division of
the Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2005
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 2005 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2005 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2005 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2005 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2005
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Date Press Release
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6 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2005
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2005
16 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2005
16 Construction Output Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2005
16 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices
for Manufacturing Industries for 3rd
Quarter 2005
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Sep - Nov 2005
20 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2005
20 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
3rd Quarter 2005
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for September 2005
22 Consumer Price Index for November 2005
23 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2005
29 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
3rd Quarter 2005
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for November 2005
29 Balance of Payments Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2005
30 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2005
January 2006
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2005
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Oct - Dec 2005
20 Consumer Price Index for December 2005
23 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2005
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for December 2005
26 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 1st Quarter 2006
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2006 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no. : 2582 4958).
Ends/Monday, October 31, 2005
Issued at HKT 12:36
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