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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (December 2006 - February 2007). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2006 and 2007 were provided to the media in September 2005 and September 2006 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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
January 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Oct - Dec 2006
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2006
25 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2007
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for December 2006
February 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2006
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2006
9 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 4th Quarter 2006
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2006
15 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Nov 2006 - Jan 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2007
22 Year-end Population for 2006
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2007
28 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter
2006 and the whole year of 2006: data
contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2006 and the whole year of 2006 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 28, 2007. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2006 and the whole year 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 2007 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Thursday, November 30, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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