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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between December 2014 and February 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.
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
February 2015
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2014
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Fourth Quarter 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for November 2014 - January
2015
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2014
17 Year-end Population for 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for January 2015
25 Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter
2014 and the whole year of 2014: data
contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2015
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the whole year of 2014 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 25, 2015. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the whole year 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, November 28, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:03
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