Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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December 2018
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for third quarter 2018
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for third quarter 2018
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2018
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for third quarter
2018
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for third
quarter 2018
17 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for third quarter 2018
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for September - November 2018
18 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2018
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for October 2018
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for third quarter
2018
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for third quarter
2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2018
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2018
January 2019
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for November 2018
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for October - December 2018
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for November 2018
18 Business expectations for first quarter 2019
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2018
28 External merchandise trade statistics for December 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for December 2018
February 2019
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Date Press Release
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1 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for fourth quarter 2018
19 Year-end population for 2018
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for December 2018
21 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for November 2018 - January 2019
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2019
26 External merchandise trade statistics for January 2019
27 Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2018 and the whole year of 2018 :
data contained in the Budget supporting documents (Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2018 and the whole year of 2018 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 is scheduled to be delivered on 27 February 2019. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2018 and the whole year of 2018 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2019 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, November 30, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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