Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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    Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (July - September 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.


July 2007
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------

3         Retail Sales Statistics for May 2007

19        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for Apr - Jun 2007

19        Volume and Price Statistics of External
          Merchandise Trade for May 2007

20        Consumer Price Index for June 2007

25        Results of the Quarterly Business
          Tendency Survey for 3rd Quarter 2007

26        External Merchandise Trade
          Statistics for June 2007

31        Retail Sales Statistics for June 2007


August 2007
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------

7         Domestic Export Statistics Classified
          by Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2007

10        Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
          Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2007

13        Volume and Price Statistics of
          External Merchandise Trade for June 2007

14        Mid-year Population for 2007

17        Gross Domestic Product for
          2nd Quarter 2007: data contained
          in the press release entitled
          "Economic Situation in the Second
          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)

20        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for May - Jul 2007

21        Consumer Price Index for July 2007

27        External Merchandise Trade
          Statistics for July 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2007 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2007 as a whole.  The GDP for the second quarter of 2007 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2007 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.


September 2007
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------

3         Retail Sales Statistics for July 2007

7         Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
          Containers for 2nd Quarter 2007

10        Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
          Service Industries for 2nd Quarter 2007

12        Construction Output Statistics
          for 2nd Quarter 2007

14        Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
          and Quarterly Producer Price Indices
          for Manufacturing Industries
          for 2nd Quarter 2007

14        Gross National Product and External
          Factor Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2007

14        Volume and Price Statistics of
          External Merchandise Trade for July 2007

18        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for Jun - Aug 2007

20        Consumer Price Index for August 2007

20        Statistics on Trade Involving          
          Outward Processing in the Mainland of
          China for 2nd Quarter 2007

21        Employment and Vacancies Statistics
          for June 2007

21        Quarterly Constant Price Gross
          Domestic Product by Economic Activity
          for 2nd Quarter 2007

24        Balance of Payments Statistics
          for 2nd Quarter 2007

27        External Merchandise Trade Statistics
          for August 2007

27        Payroll and Wage Statistics for
          2nd 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, June 29, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:01

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