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 January and March 2019. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2019 was provided to the media in September 2018. No change has been made to the original schedule.

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)

March 2019
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Date		Press Release
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5		Retail sales statistics for January 2019

5		Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for fourth quarter 2018

11		Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for fourth quarter 2018

12		Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2018

12		Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for fourth quarter 2018

14		Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for fourth quarter 2018

15		Gross National Income and external primary income flows for fourth quarter 2018

18		Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for January 2019

19		Unemployment and underemployment statistics for December 2018 - February 2019

19		Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for fourth quarter 2018

21		Consumer Price Index for February 2019

22		Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2018

22		Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for fourth quarter 2018

26		External merchandise trade statistics for February 2019

28		Wage and payroll statistics for December 2018

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 February 27, 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/Monday, December 31, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00

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