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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (August - October 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.
August 2007
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Date Press Release
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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
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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
October 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2007
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jul - Sep 2007
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for August 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for September 2007
25 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 4th Quarter 2007
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for September 2007
30 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 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/Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:01
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