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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (April - June 2007). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2007 was provided to the mass media in September 2006. No change has been made to the original schedule.
April 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2007
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jan - Mar 2007
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2007
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2007
26 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2007
May 2007
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2007
8 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 1st Quarter 2007
10 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 1st Quarter 2007
14 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for March 2007
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Feb - Apr 2007
18 Gross Domestic Product for 1st Quarter
2007: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the First
Quarter of 2007 and Updated GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2007" 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 April 2007
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for April 2007
31 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2007
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2007 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2007 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2007 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2007 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
June 2007
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for 1st Quarter 2007
11 International Investment Position
Statistics for 2006
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 1st Quarter 2007
12 Construction Output Statistics for
1st Quarter 2007
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for
1st Quarter 2007
14 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2007
15 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for April 2007
21 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Mar - May 2007
21 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 1st Quarter 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for May 2007
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2007
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for
1st Quarter 2007
22 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
1st Quarter 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2007
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
1st Quarter 2007
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. (Telephone no. : 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, March 30, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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