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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between May and July 2014. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 was provided to the media in September 2013. No change has been made to the original schedule.
May 2014
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2014
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for First Quarter 2014
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2014
16 Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter 2014:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First Quarter of
2014 and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for
2014" 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 February - April 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2014
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
April 2014
June 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2014
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for First Quarter 2014
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service
Industries for First Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for First
Quarter 2014
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the Industrial Sector for
First Quarter 2014
13 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for First Quarter 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for
March - May 2014
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for First
Quarter 2014
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2014
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic Product
by Economic Activity for First Quarter 2014
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
March 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for May 2014
23 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for First
Quarter 2014
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
May 2014
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for March 2014
July 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for
April - June 2014
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2014
18 Business Expectations for Third Quarter 2014
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2014
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2014
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2014
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Second Quarter 2014
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2014 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2014 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/Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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