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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (January - March 2009). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2009 was provided to the mass media in September 2008. No change has been made to the original schedule.
January 2009
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2008
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Oct - Dec 2008
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2008
23 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2009
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2008
February 2009
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2008
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2008
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 2008
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2008
16 Year-end Population for 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Nov 2008 - Jan 2009
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2009
25 [Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter 2008
and the whole year of 2008 : data contained
in the Budget supporting documents](Note)
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2009
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the whole year of 2008 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 25, 2009. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the whole year of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2009
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2009
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2008
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 4th Quarter 2008
12 Construction Output Statistics for
4th Quarter 2008
13 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production and
Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 4th Quarter 2008
13 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Dec 2008 - Feb 2009
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
4th Quarter 2008
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2009
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2009
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
4th Quarter 2008
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2008
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for
4th Quarter 2008
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2009
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
4th Quarter 2008
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2009 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no. : 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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