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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (June - August 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.
June 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2006
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 1st Quarter 2006
13 International Investment Position
Statistics for 2005
13 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 1st Quarter 2006
15 Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production and Quarterly Producer Price
Indices for Manufacturing Industries
for 1st Quarter 2006
15 Construction Output Statistics for
1st Quarter 2006
16 Gross National Product and External
Factor Income Flows for 1st Quarter 2006
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Mar - May 2006
20 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China
for 1st Quarter 2006
22 Consumer Price Index for May 2006
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for March 2006
22 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2006
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2006
26 Quarterly Constant Price Gross
Domestic Product by Economic Activity
for 1st Quarter 2006
27 Balance of Payments Statistics for
1st Quarter 2006
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for
1st Quarter 2006
July 2006
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2006
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for Apr - Jun 2006
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2006
24 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for May 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for June 2006
27 Results of the Quarterly Business
Tendency Survey for 3rd Quarter 2006
August 2006
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2006
10 Domestic Export Statistics Classified
by Industrial Origin for 2nd Quarter 2006
11 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2006
14 Mid-year Population for 2006
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for May - Jul 2006
18 Volume and Price Statistics of
External Merchandise Trade for June 2006
22 Gross Domestic Product for 2nd
Quarter 2006 : data contained in the
press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Second Quarter of
2006 and Updated GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2006" issued by the
Economic Analysis Division of the
Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2006
25 External Merchandise Trade
Statistics for July 2006
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2006 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2006 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2006 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2006 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
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/Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:01
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