Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (July - September 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.

July 2009
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------

2       Retail Sales Statistics for May 2009

16      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for May 2009

20      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for April - June 2009

21      Consumer Price Index for June 2009

24      Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
        Survey for 3rd Quarter 2009

27      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        June 2009

August 2009
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------

3       Retail Sales Statistics for June 2009

3       Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
        for 2nd Quarter 2009

6       Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
        Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2009

11      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for June 2009

13      Mid-year Population for 2009

14      Gross Domestic Product for 2nd Quarter
        2009 : data contained in the press release
        entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
        Quarter of 2009 and Latest GDP and Price
        Forecasts for 2009" 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 - July 2009

20      Consumer Price Index for July 2009

25      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        July 2009

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 2009 and second update of GDP and price forecasts for 2009 as a whole.  The GDP for the second quarter of 2009 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2009 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

September 2009
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Date    Press Release
----    -------------

1       Retail Sales Statistics for July 2009

8       Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
        Containers for 2nd Quarter 2009

11      Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
        Service Industries for 2nd Quarter 2009

11      Construction Output Statistics for 2nd
        Quarter 2009

14      Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
        and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
        Manufacturing Industries for 2nd Quarter
        2009

14      Gross National Product and External Factor
        Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2009

17      Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
        for June - August 2009

17      Volume and Price Statistics of External
        Merchandise Trade for July 2009

18      Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
        Processing in the Mainland of China for 2nd
        Quarter 2009

21      Employment and Vacancies Statistics for June
        2009

21      Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
        Product by Economic Activity for 2nd Quarter
        2009

22      Consumer Price Index for August 2009

22      Balance of Payments Statistics for 2nd
        Quarter 2009

24      External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
        August 2009

24      Payroll and Wage Statistics for 2nd Quarter
        2009

29      Retail Sales Statistics for August 2009

     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/Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00

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