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Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between July and September 2017. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 was provided to the media in September 2016. No change has been made to the original schedule.

July 2017
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Date        Press Release
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18           Unemployment and underemployment statistics
               for April - June 2017
20           Consumer Price Index for June 2017
20           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for May 2017
21           Business expectations for third quarter 2017
27           External merchandise trade statistics for June 2017

August 2017
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Date        Press Release
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2             Retail sales statistics for June 2017
2             Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
               second quarter 2017
10           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for June 2017
10           Mid-year population for 2017
11           Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2017 :
               data contained in the press release entitled "Economic
               Situation in the Second Quarter of 2017 and Latest GDP
               and Price Forecasts for 2017" 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 May - July 2017
22           Consumer Price Index for July 2017
24           External merchandise trade statistics for July 2017
29           Retail sales statistics for July 2017

September 2017
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Date        Press Release
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7             Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
               second quarter 2017
11           Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
               for second quarter 2017
11           Construction output statistics for second quarter 2017
11           Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
               mainland of China for second quarter 2017
14           Index of industrial production and producer price index
               for the industrial sector for second quarter 2017
14           Gross National Income and external primary income
               flows for second quarter 2017
18           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               June - August 2017
19           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise 
               trade for July 2017
19           Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2017
21           Consumer Price Index for August 2017
21           Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
               economic activity for second quarter 2017
21           Balance of Payments and International Investment
               Position statistics for second quarter 2017
26           External merchandise trade statistics for August 2017
26           Wage and payroll statistics for June 2017

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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2017 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2017 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

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