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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (December 2005 - February 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 schedules.
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 September - November 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 October - December 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
February 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2005
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2005
13 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 4th Quarter 2005
16 Year-end Population for 2005
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2005
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for November 2005 - January 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2006
22 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter
2005 and the whole year of 2005:
data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2006
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the budget speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 22, 2006. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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/Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:00
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