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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (November 2007 - January 2008). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2007 and 2008 were provided to the mass media in September 2006 and September 2007 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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
January 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2007
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Oct - Dec 2007
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2007
24 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2008
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for December 2007
31 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2007
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2008 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:01
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