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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (May - July 2008). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2008 was provided to the mass media in September 2007. No change has been made to the original schedule.
May 2008
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Date Press Release
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6 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 1st Quarter 2008
8 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 1st Quarter 2008
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2008
16 [Gross Domestic Product for 1st Quarter 2008:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First Quarter of 2008
and Updated GDP and Price Forecasts for 2008"
issued by the Economic Analysis Division of
the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation
Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office] (note)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Feb - Apr 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2008
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
April 2008
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2008 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2008 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2008 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
June 2008
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2008
3 International Investment Position Statistics for 2007
6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers
for 1st Quarter 2008
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service
Industries for 1st Quarter 2008
12 Construction Output Statistics for 1st Quarter 2008
13 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production and
Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 1st Quarter 2008
16 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Mar - May 2008
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward Processing
in the Mainland of China for 1st Quarter 2008
20 Consumer Price Index for May 2008
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2008
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic Product
by Economic Activity for 1st Quarter 2008
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for 1st Quarter 2008
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for May 2008
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 1st Quarter 2008
July 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Apr - Jun 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2008
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2008
24 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 3rd Quarter 2008
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for June 2008
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2008
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2008 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department (Telephone no.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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