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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (January - March 2007). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2007 was provided to the mass media in September 2006. No change has been made to the original schedule.
January 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Oct - Dec 2006
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2006
25 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 1st Quarter 2007
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for December 2006
February 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2006
6 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2006
9 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 4th Quarter 2006
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2006
15 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Nov 2006 - Jan 2007
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2007
22 Year-end Population for 2006
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2007
28 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter
2006 and the whole year of 2006:
data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2006 and the whole year of 2006 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 28, 2007. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2006 and the whole year of 2006 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2007
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2007
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2006
12 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 4th Quarter 2006
13 Construction Output Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2006
15 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices
for Manufacturing Industries for 4th
Quarter 2006
15 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2006
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2007
20 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Dec 2006 - Feb 2007
20 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
4th Quarter 2006
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for December 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2007
23 Balance of Payments Statistics for
4th Quarter 2006
23 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
4th Quarter 2006
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2007
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
4th Quarter 2006
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2007 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, December 29, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:01
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