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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (March - May 2006). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2006 was provided to the media in September 2005. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2006
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Date Press Release
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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
May 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2006
11 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 1st Quarter 2006
12 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 1st Quarter 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for February - April 2006
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2006
23 Gross Domestic Product for
1st Quarter 2006: data contained in the
press release entitled "Economic Situation
in the First Quarter of 2006 and Updated
GDP and Price Forecasts for 2006" issued
by the Economic Analysis Division of the
Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation
Unit under the Financial Secretary's
Office (Note)
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for April 2006
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 2006 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2006 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2006 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2006 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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. (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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