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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between October and December 2015. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2015 was provided to the media in September 2014. No change has been made to the original schedule.
October 2015
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for August 2015
15 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for August 2015
19 Unemployment and underemployment
statistics for July - September 2015
22 Consumer Price Index for September 2015
23 Business expectations for fourth quarter
2015
27 External merchandise trade statistics
for September 2015
27 Salary indices for managerial and
professional employees for June 2015
November 2015
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for September
2015
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases
statistics for third quarter 2015
12 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for September 2015
13 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter
2015: data contained in the press
release entitled "Economic Situation in
the Third Quarter of 2015 and Latest GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2015" 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 2015
23 Consumer Price Index for October 2015
26 External merchandise trade statistics
for October 2015
30 Retail sales statistics for October 2015
December 2015
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and
containers for third quarter 2015
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
service industries for third quarter
2015
11 Construction output statistics for third
quarter 2015
14 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the industrial
sector for third quarter 2015
14 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for third quarter
2015
17 Unemployment and underemployment
statistics for September - November 2015
17 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for October 2015
17 Statistics on trade involving outward
processing in the mainland of China for
third quarter 2015
18 Employment and vacancies statistics for
September 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2015
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic
Product by economic activity for third
quarter 2015
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position statistics for third
quarter 2015
28 External merchandise trade statistics
for November 2015
28 Wage and payroll statistics for
September 2015
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 2015 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2015 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2015 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2015 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in 2016 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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