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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between October and December 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.
October 2013
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for July - September 2013
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for August 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for September 2013
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
September 2013
25 Business Expectations for Fourth Quarter 2013*
25 Salary Indices for Managerial and Professional
Employees for June 2013
31 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2013
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Third Quarter 2013
* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
November 2013
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Date Press Release
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14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2013
15 Gross Domestic Product for Third Quarter 2013:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the Third 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)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for August - October 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for October 2013
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
October 2013
28 Retail Sales Statistics for October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2013 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2013
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2013
12 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Third Quarter 2013
12 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2013
13 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Third Quarter 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for September - November 2013
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2013
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Third Quarter 2013
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2013
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2013
20 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2013
23 Consumer Price Index for November 2013
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for September 2013
30 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2013
If required, the schedule for press releases in the other months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Monday, September 30, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:06
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