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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (February - April 2008). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2008 was provided to the mass media in September 2007. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2008
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Date Press Release
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5 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by Industrial
Origin for 2007
5 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics for
4th Quarter 2007
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise
Trade for December 2007
14 Year-end Population for 2007
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for
Nov 2007 - Jan 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2008
27 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter 2007 and the
whole year of 2007 : data contained in the Budget
supporting documents(Note)
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for January 2008
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2007 and the whole year of 2007 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the budget speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 27, 2008. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2007 and the whole year of 2007 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2008
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers
for 4th Quarter 2007
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service
Industries for 4th Quarter 2007
13 Construction Output Statistics for 4th Quarter 2007
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production and
Quarterly Producer Price Indices for Manufacturing
Industries for 4th Quarter 2007
14 Gross National Product and External Factor Income Flows
for 4th Quarter 2007
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Dec 2007 - Feb 2008
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward Processing
in the Mainland of China for 4th Quarter 2007
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2008
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2008
25 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for December 2007
25 Balance of Payments Statistics for 4th Quarter 2007
25 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic Product by
Economic Activity for 4th Quarter 2007
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for February 2008
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 4th Quarter 2007
April 2008
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for
February 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jan - Mar 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2008
24 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2008
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2008
29 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2008
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/Thursday, January 31, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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