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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (April - June 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.
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.
June 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2006
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 1st Quarter 2006
13 International Investment Position
Statistics for 2005
13 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 1st Quarter 2006
15 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 1st
Quarter 2006
15 Construction Output Statistics for
1st Quarter 2006
16 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for March - May 2006
20 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 1st Quarter 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for May 2006
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2006
22 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2006
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2006
26 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
1st Quarter 2006
27 Balance of Payments Statistics for
1st Quarter 2006
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 1st
Quarter 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/Friday, March 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 10:02
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