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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued in the coming three months (February - April 2010). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2010 was provided to the mass media in September 2009. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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.
March 2010
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2010
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2009
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 4th Quarter 2009
12 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
4th Quarter 2009
12 Construction Output Statistics for 4th
Quarter 2009
15 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2009
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Dec 2009 - Feb 2010
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for 4th
Quarter 2009
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2010
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 4th
Quarter 2009
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2009
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2010
22 Balance of Payments Statistics for 4th
Quarter 2009
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2010
25 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 4th Quarter
2009
30 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2010
April 2010
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Date Press Release
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20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2010
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jan - Mar 2010
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2010
23 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 2nd Quarter 2010
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2010
29 International Investment Position Statistics
for 2009
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/Friday, January 29, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:00
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