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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (January - March 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.
January 2006
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2005
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Oct - Dec 2005
20 Consumer Price Index for December 2005
23 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2005
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2005
26 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 1st Quarter 2006
February 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2005
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by
Industrial Origin for 2005
13 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 4th Quarter 2005
16 Year-end Population for 2005
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2005
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Nov 2005 - Jan 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2006
22 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter
2005 and the whole year of 2005: data
contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for January 2006
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 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 22 February 2006. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2005 and the whole year of 2005 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2006
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2006
10 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2005
14 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 4th Quarter 2005
16 Construction Output Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
16 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Dec 2005 - Feb 2006
16 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production
and Quarterly Producer Price Indices
for Manufacturing Industries for 4th
Quarter 2005
17 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2005
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2006
21 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 4th Quarter 2005
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for December 2005
23 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2006
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2006
27 Quarterly Constant Price Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
4th Quarter 2005
28 Balance of Payments Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
28 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
4th Quarter 2005
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 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/Saturday, December 31, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:01
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