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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (February - April 2006). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2006 was provided to the mass media in September 2005. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2005
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2005
13 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 4th Quarter 2005
16 Year-end Population for 2005
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2005
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for November 2005
- January 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2006
22 Gross Domestic Product for
4th Quarter 2005 and the whole
year of 2005: data contained in
the Budget supporting documents (Note)
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2006
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 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 speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 22, 2006. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2006
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Date Press Release
---- -------------
2 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2006
10 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo
and Containers for 4th Quarter 2005
14 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for 4th
Quarter 2005
16 Construction Output Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for December 2005
- February 2006
16 Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production and Quarterly Producer
Price Indices for Manufacturing
Industries for 4th Quarter 2005
17 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 4th
Quarter 2005
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2006
21 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 4th Quarter 2005
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for December 2005
23 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for
January 2006
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2006
27 Quarterly Constant Price Gross
Domestic Product by Economic Activity
for 4th Quarter 2005
28 Balance of Payments Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2006
April 2006
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Date Press Release
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20 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for January - March 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2006
24 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2006
25 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2006
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2006
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2006 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department (Telephone no.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:56
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