Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between December 2017 and February 2018. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 and 2018 were provided to the media in September 2016 and September 2017 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedules.

December 2017
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Date     Press Release
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5          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
            for third quarter 2017
11        Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
            for third quarter 2017
11        Construction output statistics for third quarter 2017
11        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
            mainland of China for third quarter 2017
14        Index of industrial production and producer price index
            for industrial sector for third quarter 2017
14        Gross National Income and external primary income flows
            for third quarter 2017
18        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            September - November 2017
19        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
            for October 2017
19        Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2017
21        Consumer Price Index for November 2017
21        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
            by economic activity for third quarter 2017
21        Balance of Payments and International Investment
            Position statistics for third quarter 2017
28        External merchandise trade statistics for November 2017
28        Wage and payroll statistics for September 2017

January 2018
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Date     Press Release
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3          Retail sales statistics for November 2017
18        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            October - December 2017
18        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for November 2017
19        Business expectations for first quarter 2018
23        Consumer Price Index for December 2017
25        External merchandise trade statistics for December 2017

February 2018
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Date     Press Release
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1          Retail sales statistics for December 2017
5          Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
            fourth quarter 2017
13        Year-end population for 2017
13        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for December 2017
22        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            November 2017 - January 2018
22        Consumer Price Index for January 2018
27        External merchandise trade statistics for January 2018
28        Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2017 and
            the whole year of 2017: data contained in the Budget
            supporting documents (Note)

Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the whole year of 2017 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, 2018. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the whole year of 2017 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Thursday, November 30, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00

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