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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 October and December 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.
 
October 2016
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Date        Press Release
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18           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               July - September 2016
 
18           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for August 2016

20           Consumer Price Index for September 2016

21           Business expectations for fourth quarter 2016

27           External merchandise trade statistics for September
               2016

27           Salary indices for managerial and professional 
               employees for June 2016

November 2016
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Date        Press Release
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3             Retail sales statistics for September 2016
 
3             Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
               third quarter 2016
 
10           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise 
               trade for September 2016
 
11           Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2016: 
               data contained in the press release entitled
               "Economic Situation in the Third Quarter of 2016
               and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2016"
               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 2016
 
22           Consumer Price Index for October 2016
 
24           External merchandise trade statistics for October
               2016
 
December 2016
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Date         Press Release
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1              Retail sales statistics for October 2016
 
6              Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
                for third quarter 2016

9              Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service 
                industries for third quarter 2016

12            Construction output statistics for third quarter
                2016
 
13            Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price
                Index for the industrial sector for third quarter
                2016

15            Gross National Income and External Primary Income
                Flows for third quarter 2016

15            Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
                trade for October 2016

19            Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
                September - November 2016
 
19            Statistics on trade involving outward processing
                in the mainland of China for third quarter 2016
 
20            Consumer Price Index for November 2016
 
20            Employment and vacancies statistics for September
                2016
 
20            Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
                by economic activity for third quarter 2016
 
20            Balance of Payments and International Investment
                Position statistics for third quarter 2016
 
29            External merchandise trade statistics for November
                2016
 
29            Wage and payroll statistics for September 2016
 
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 2016 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
 
Ends/Friday, September 30, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
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