Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 2013. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 was provided to the media in September 2012. No change has been made to the original schedule.

July 2013
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Date   Press Release
----   -------------
2      Retail Sales Statistics for May 2013

18     Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
       for April - June 2013

18     Volume and Price Statistics of External
       Merchandise Trade for May 2013

19     Business Expectations for Third Quarter 2013*

22     Consumer Price Index for June 2013

25     External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
       June 2013

* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey

August 2013
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Date   Press Release
----   -------------
1      Retail Sales Statistics for June 2013

1      Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
       for Second Quarter 2013

13     Mid-year Population for 2013

15     Volume and Price Statistics of External
       Merchandise Trade for June 2013

16     Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
       2013: data contained in the press release
       entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
       Quarter of 2013 and Latest GDP and Price
       Forecasts for 2013" issued by the Economic
       Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
       and Business Facilitation Unit under the
       Financial Secretary's Office (Note)

19     Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
       for May - July 2013

20     Consumer Price Index for July 2013

27     External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
       July 2013

(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 2013 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

September 2013
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Date   Press Release
----   -------------
2      Retail Sales Statistics for July 2013

9      Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
       Containers for Second Quarter 2013

10     Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
       Service Industries for Second Quarter 2013

12     Index of Industrial Production and Producer
       Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
       Second Quarter 2013

12     Construction Output Statistics for Second
       Quarter 2013

13     Gross National Income and External Primary
       Income Flows for Second Quarter 2013

17     Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
       for June - August 2013

17     Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
       Processing in the Mainland of China for
       Second Quarter 2013

17     Volume and Price Statistics of External
       Merchandise Trade for July 2013

23     Consumer Price Index for August 2013

23     Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
       June 2013

23     Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
       Product by Economic Activity for Second
       Quarter 2013

24     Balance of Payments and International
       Investment Position Statistics for Second
       Quarter 2013

24     Wage and Payroll Statistics for June 2013

26     External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
       August 2013

     If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).

Ends/Friday, June 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00

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