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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued in the coming three months (December 2009 - February 2010). The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2009 and 2010 were provided to the mass media in September 2008 and September 2009 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
December 2009
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2009
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 3rd Quarter 2009
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 3rd Quarter 2009
11 Construction Output Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 3rd Quarter
2009
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 3rd Quarter 2009
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2009
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Sep - Nov 2009
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
3rd Quarter 2009
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 3rd
Quarter 2009
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2009
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2009
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2009
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 3rd
Quarter 2009
29 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2009
January 2010
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Date Press Release
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19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Oct - Dec 2009
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2009
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2009
22 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2010
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2009
February 2010
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2009
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2009
11 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2009
11 Year-end Population for 2009
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Nov 2009 - Jan 2010
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2010
24 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter 2009
and the whole year of 2009 : data contained
in the Budget supporting documents (Note)
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2010
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the whole year of 2009 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 24, 2010. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the whole year of 2009 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2010 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no: 2582 4958).
Ends/Monday, November 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 11:00
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