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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 2012. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2012 was provided to the media in September 2011. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2012
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Date Press Release
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1 Advance Preliminary Gross Domestic Product
for Fourth Quarter 2011 and the whole year
of 2011: data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2011
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Fourth Quarter 2011
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2011
20 Consumer Price Index for January 2012
21 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Nov 2011 - Jan 2012
21 Year-end Population for 2011
23 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2012
Note: Advance preliminary Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates will be released along with the Budget Speech on February 1, 2012. Only figures for major expenditure components of GDP will be released in the context of the advance preliminary estimates. The preliminary estimates of GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole year of 2011 will be released on February 22, 2012, in the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Report, which can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department.
March 2012
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2012
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2011
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2011
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2011
13 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2012
15 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Dec 2011 - Feb 2012
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2011
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2011
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2012
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2011
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2012
29 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2012
April 2012
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Date Press Release
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19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2012
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jan - Mar 2012
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2012
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2012
27 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for Second Quarter 2012
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2012 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:08
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