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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (October - December 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.
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
November 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2007
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 3rd Quarter 2007
9 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2007
12 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2007
16 Gross Domestic Product for 3rd Quarter
2007: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
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)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Aug - Oct 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2007 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2007 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2007 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2007 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2007
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2007
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2007
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2007
13 Construction Output Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2007
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for
3rd Quarter 2007
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2007
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2007
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Sep - Nov 2007
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2007
20 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 3rd Quarter 2007
20 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
3rd Quarter 2007
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2007
21 Balance of Payments Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2007
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
3rd Quarter 2007
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for November 2007
Ends/Friday, September 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:00
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