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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between December 2013 and February 2014. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 and 2014 were provided to the media in September 2012 and September 2013 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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
January 2014
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2013
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2013
17 Business Expectations for First Quarter 2014
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for October - December 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2013
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2013
February 2014
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2013
4 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Fourth Quarter 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2013
18 Year-end Population for 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for November 2013 - January 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2014
26 Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter
2013 and the whole year of 2013: data
contained in the Budget supporting documents
(Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the whole year of 2013 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 26, 2014. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the whole year of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2014 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, November 29, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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