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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months ((July - September 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.
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.
September 2008
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2008
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for 2nd Quarter 2008
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for 2nd Quarter
2008
12 Construction Output Statistics for
2nd Quarter 2008
12 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 2nd Quarter
2008
12 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2008
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2008
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jun - Aug 2008
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
2nd Quarter 2008
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for June 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2008
22 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 2nd
Quarter 2008
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for 2nd
Quarter 2008
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for August 2008
25 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
2nd Quarter 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/Monday, June 30, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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