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	       Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between December 2015 and February 2016. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2015 and 2016 were provided to the media in September 2014 and September 2015 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
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
January 2016
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Date      Press Release
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4         Retail sales statistics for November 2015
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics 
          for October - December 2015
19        Volume and price statistics of external 
          merchandise trade for November 2015
21        Consumer Price Index for December 2015
22        Business expectations for first quarter 
          2016
26        External merchandise trade statistics for 
          December 2015
February 2016
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Date      Press Release
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2         Retail sales statistics for December 2015
2         Restaurant receipts and purchases 
          statistics for fourth quarter 2015
18        Volume and price statistics of external 
          merchandise trade for December 2015
18        Year-end population for 2015
23        Unemployment and underemployment statistics 
          for November 2015 - January 2016
23        Consumer Price Index for January 2016
24        Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 
          2015 and the whole year of 2015: data 
          contained in the Budget supporting 
          documents (Note)
25        External merchandise trade statistics for 
          January 2016
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the whole year of 2015 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 24, 2016. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the whole year of 2015 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2016 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
	  
  
	  Ends/Monday, November 30, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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