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Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between January and March 2017. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 was provided to the media in September 2016. No change has been made to the original schedule.

January 2017
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Date        Press Release
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3             Retail sales statistics for November 2016

17           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for November 2016

19           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               October - December 2016

20           Business expectations for first quarter 2017

23           Consumer Price Index for December 2016

26           External merchandise trade statistics for December
               2016

February 2017
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Date        Press Release
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3             Retail sales statistics for December 2016

3             Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
               fourth quarter 2016

16           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for December 2016

20           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               November 2016 - January 2017

21           Consumer Price Index for January 2017

22           Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2016 and
               the whole year of 2016 : data contained in the Budget
               supporting documents (Note)

27           Year-end population for 2016

27           External merchandise trade statistics for January 2017

March 2017
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Date        Press Release
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2             Retail sales statistics for January 2017

6             Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
               for fourth quarter 2016

9             Quarterly business receipts indices for service
               industries for fourth quarter 2016

10           Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2016

13           Index of industrial production and producer price
               index for industrial sector for fourth quarter 2016

13           Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
               mainland of China for fourth quarter 2016

16           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               December 2016 - February 2017

17           Gross National Income and external primary income
               flows for fourth quarter 2016

20           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for January 2017

20           Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
               economic activity for fourth quarter 2016

21           Consumer Price Index for February 2017

21           Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2016

23           Balance of Payments and International Investment
               Position statistics for fourth quarter 2016

27           External merchandise trade statistics for February 2017

27           Wage and payroll statistics for December 2016

30           Retail sales statistics for February 2017

Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year of 2016 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 22, 2017. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
 
Ends/Friday, December 30, 2016
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