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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (March - May 2008). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2008 was provided to the mass media in September 2007. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2008
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2008
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers for
4th Quarter 2007
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service
Industries for 4th Quarter 2007
13 Construction Output Statistics for 4th Quarter 2007
14 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production and
Quarterly Producer Price Indices for
Manufacturing Industries for 4th Quarter 2007
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2007
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Dec 2007 - Feb 2008
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward Processing
in the Mainland of China for 4th Quarter 2007
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise
Trade for January 2008
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2008
25 Employment and Vacancies Statistics
for December 2007
25 Balance of Payments Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2007
25 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic Product
by Economic Activity for 4th Quarter 2007
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for February 2008
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 4th Quarter 2007
April 2008
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2008
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Jan - Mar 2008
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise
Trade for February 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2008
24 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
for 2nd Quarter 2008
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2008
29 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2008
May 2008
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Date Press Release
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6 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 1st Quarter 2008
8 Domestic Export Statistics Classified by Industrial
Origin for 1st Quarter 2008
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External Merchandise
Trade for March 2008
16 [Gross Domestic Product for 1st Quarter 2008 :
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First Quarter of
2008 and Updated GDP and Price Forecasts for
2008" issued by the Economic Analysis
Division of the Economic Analysis and
Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office] (Note)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for Feb - Apr 2008
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2008
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for April 2008
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2008 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2008 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2008 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2008 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2008 can also be obtained from the Technical Secretariat of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no. 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, February 29, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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