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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between November 2014 and January 2015. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 and 2015 were provided to the media in September 2013 and September 2014 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for September
2014
3 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Third Quarter 2014
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2014
14 Gross Domestic Product for Third Quarter
2014: data contained in the press
release entitled "Economic Situation in
the Third 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)
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for August - October 2014
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2014
December 2014
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2014
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2014
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2014
12 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for Third Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2014
15 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for Third Quarter
2014
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2014
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for September - November 2014
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Third Quarter 2014
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2014
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2014
19 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for November 2014
29 Wage and Payroll Statistics for September
2014
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for November 2014
30 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2014
January 2015
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Date Press Release
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16 Business Expectations for First Quarter
2015
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for October - December 2014
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2014
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2014 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third 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 2015 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, October 31, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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