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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (October - December 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.
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.
December 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2006
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2006
14 Construction Output Statistics
for 3rd Quarter 2006
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production and Quarterly Producer
Price Indices for Manufacturing
Industries for 3rd Quarter 2006
18 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Sep - Nov 2006
19 Statistics on Trade Involving
Outward Processing in the Mainland
of China for 3rd Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for September 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2006
21 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2006
22 Quarterly Constant Price Gross
Domestic Product by Economic Activity
for 3rd Quarter 2006
28 Balance of Payments Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2006
28 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for November 2006
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2006
Ends/Friday, September 29, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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