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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (September - November 2006). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2006 was provided to the mass media in September 2005. No change has been made to the original schedule.
September 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2006
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for 2nd Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for 2nd Quarter 2006
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price
Indices for Manufacturing Industries
for 2nd Quarter 2006
14 Construction Output Statistics for
2nd Quarter 2006
18 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jun - Aug 2006
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
2nd Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for June 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2006
22 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2006
25 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
2nd Quarter 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for August 2006
26 Balance of Payments Statistics for
2nd Quarter 2006
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
2nd Quarter 2006
October 2006
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2006
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jul - Sep 2006
20 Consumer Price Index for September 2006
23 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for August 2006
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for September 2006
27 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 4th Quarter 2006
November 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2006
7 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 2006
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for
3rd Quarter 2006
13 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2006
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Aug - Oct 2006
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2006
21 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter 2006:
data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the
Third Quarter of 2006 and Updated GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2006" issued
by the Economic Analysis Division of
the Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the Financial
Secretary's Office (Note)
21 Consumer Price Index for October 2006
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2006
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 2006 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2006 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2006 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2006 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/Thursday, August 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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