Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between June and August 2018. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 was provided to the media in September 2017. No change has been made to the original schedule.

June 2018
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Date     Press Release
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5          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
            for first quarter 2018
11        Quarterly business receipts indices for service 
            industries for first quarter 2018
11        Construction output statistics for first quarter
            2018
11        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
            the mainland of China for first quarter 2018
14        Index of industrial production and producer price
            index for the industrial sector for first quarter 2018
14        Gross National Income and external primary income
            flows for first quarter 2018
14        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for April 2018
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            March - May 2018
19        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
            economic activity for first quarter 2018
21        Consumer Price Index for May 2018
21        Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2018
22        Balance of Payments and International Investment
            Position statistics for first quarter 2018
26        External merchandise trade statistics for May 2018
26        Wage and payroll statistics for March 2018

July 2018
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Date     Press Release
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3          Retail sales statistics for May 2018
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics
            for April - June 2018
19        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for May 2018
20        Business expectations for third quarter 2018
23        Consumer Price Index for June 2018
26        External merchandise trade statistics for June 2018

August 2018
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Date     Press Release
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1          Retail sales statistics for June 2018
3          Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
            second quarter 2018
9          Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for June 2018
10        Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2018: data
            contained in the press release entitled "Economic Situation
            in the Second Quarter of 2018 and Latest GDP and Price
            Forecasts for 2018" issued by The Office of the Government
            Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
14        Mid-year population for 2018
17        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            May - July 2018
21        Consumer Price Index for July 2018
27        External merchandise trade statistics for July 2018
30        Retail sales statistics for July 2018

Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2018 and second update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2018 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Thursday, May 31, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00

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