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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued in the coming three months (August - October 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.
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
October 2008
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2008
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise
Trade for August 2008
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jul - Sep 2008
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2008
24 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
for 4th Quarter 2008
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for September 2008
30 Salary Indices for Managerial and Professional
Employees for June 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, July 31, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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