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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 2011. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2011 was provided to the mass media in September 2010. No change has been made to the original schedule.
February 2011
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2010
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for 4th Quarter 2010
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2010
15 Year-end Population for 2010
21 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for November 2010 - January 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2011
23 Gross Domestic Product for 4th Quarter 2010
and the whole year of 2010: data contained in
the Budget supporting documents (Note)
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2011
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the 4th quarter of 2010 and the whole year of 2010 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 23. No separate press release on the GDP for the 4th quarter of 2010 and the whole year of 2010 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2011
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2011
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for 4th Quarter 2010
11 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector or
4th Quarter 2010
11 Construction Output Statistics for 4th
Quarter 2010
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for 4th Quarter 2010
14 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for 4th Quarter 2010
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2011
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2010 - February 2011
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for 4th
Quarter 2010
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2010
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for 4th Quarter
2010
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2011
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for 4th
Quarter 2010
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2011
24 Payroll and Wage Statistics for 4th Quarter
2010
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2011
April 2011
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Date Press Release
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19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2011
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2011
26 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for 2nd Quarter 2011
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2011
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2011 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Monday, January 31, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:02
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