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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (July - September 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.
July 2006
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for April - Jun 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2006
24 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for June 2006
27 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 3rd Quarter 2006
August 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2006
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2006
11 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2006
14 Mid-year Population for 2006
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for May - July 2006
18 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for June 2006
22 Gross Domestic Product for 2nd Quarter
2006: data contained in the press
release entitled "Economic Situation
in the Second 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)
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for July 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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2006 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2006 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2006 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2006 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2006
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 2nd Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for
2nd Quarter 2006
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production and Quarterly Producer
Price Indices for Manufacturing
Industries for 2nd Quarter 2006
14 Construction Output Statistics
for 2nd Quarter 2006
18 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 2nd Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for June - August 2006
19 Statistics on Trade Involving
Outward Processing in the
Mainland of China for 2nd Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for June 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for August 2006
22 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade
for July 2006
25 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
2nd Quarter 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for August 2006
26 Balance of Payments Statistics for
2nd Quarter 2006
26 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
2nd 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, June 30, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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