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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (June - August 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.
June 2008
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2008
3 International Investment Position
Statistics for 2007
6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 1st Quarter 2008
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 1st Quarter 2008
12 Construction Output Statistics for 1st
Quarter 2008
13 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 1st Quarter
2008
16 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Mar - May 2008
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 1st Quarter 2008
20 Consumer Price Index for May 2008
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2008
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 1st
Quarter 2008
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for 1st
Quarter 2008
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2008
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 1st
Quarter 2008
July 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Apr - Jun 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2008
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2008
24 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 3rd Quarter 2008
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2008
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2008
August 2008
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Date Press Release
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5 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2008
7 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2008
11 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2008
14 Mid-year Population for 2008
15 [Gross Domestic Product for 2nd Quarter
2008: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
Quarter of 2008 and Updated GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2008" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under
the Financial Secretary's Office](Note)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - Jul 2008
21 Consumer Price Index for July 2008
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2008
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 2008 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2008 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2008 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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/Friday, May 30, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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