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Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between January and March 2016. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2016 was provided to the media in September 2015. No change has been made to the original schedule.

January 2016
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------
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
----      -------------
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

March 2016
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------
3         Retail sales statistics for January 2016

7         Statistics on vessels, port cargo and
          containers for fourth quarter 2015

10        Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
          service industries for fourth quarter 2015

11        Construction output statistics for fourth
          quarter 2015

14        Index of Industrial Production and Producer
          Price Index for the industrial sector for
          fourth quarter 2015

15        Gross National Income and External Primary
          Income Flows for fourth quarter 2015

17        Unemployment and underemployment statistics
          for December 2015 - February 2016

17        Volume and price statistics of external
          merchandise trade for January 2016

18        Statistics on trade involving outward
          processing in the mainland of China for
          fourth quarter 2015

18        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic
          Product by economic activity for fourth
          quarter 2015

21        Consumer Price Index for February 2016

21        Employment and vacancies statistics for
          December 2015

21        Balance of Payments and International
          Investment Position statistics for fourth
          quarter 2015

29        External merchandise trade statistics for
          February 2016

29        Wage and payroll statistics for December
          2015

31        Retail sales statistics for February 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/Thursday, December 31, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00

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