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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 2012. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2012 was provided to the media in September 2011. No change has been made to the original schedule.
July 2012
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2012
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2012
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for April - June 2012
20 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for Third Quarter 2012
23 Consumer Price Index for June 2012
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2012
August 2012
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2012
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Second Quarter 2012
10 Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
2012 : data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
Quarter of 2012 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2012" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
13 Mid-year Population for 2012
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2012
16 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - July 2012
21 Consumer Price Index for July 2012
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2012
30 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2012
(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 2012 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2012 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2012 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2012
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Second Quarter 2012
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Second Quarter 2012
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Second Quarter 2012
13 Construction Output Statistics for Second
Quarter 2012
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for Second Quarter 2012
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2012
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for June - August 2012
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Second Quarter 2012
20 Consumer Price Index for August 2012
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
June 2012
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Second
Quarter 2012
24 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Second
Quarter 2012
24 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Second
Quarter 2012
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2012
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2012 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, June 29, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:00
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