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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (February - April 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.
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
April 2007
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2007
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Jan - Mar 2007
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2007
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2007
26 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 2nd Quarter 2007
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2007
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/Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 11:01
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