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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued in the coming three months (July - September). 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.
July 2010
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2010
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Apr - Jun 2010
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2010
22 Consumer Price Index for June 2010
23 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 3rd Quarter 2010
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2010
August 2010
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2010
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2010
12 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2010
13 Gross Domestic Product for 2nd Quarter 2010 :
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the Second Quarter of
2010 and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for
2010" issued by the Economic Analysis
Division of the Economic Analysis and
Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
16 Mid-year Population for 2010
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - Jul 2010
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2010
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2010
31 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2010
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 2010 and second update of GDP and price forecasts for 2010 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2010 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2010 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2010
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 2nd Quarter 2010
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 2nd Quarter 2010
13 Construction Output Statistics for 2nd
Quarter 2010
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
2nd Quarter 2010
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2010
16 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jun - Aug 2010
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2010
17 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for 2nd
Quarter 2010
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for June
2010
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 2nd Quarter
2010
21 Consumer Price Index for August 2010
24 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for 2nd
Quarter 2010
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2010
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 2nd Quarter
2010
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 (tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:00
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