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The following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between October and December 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.
October 2011
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for August 2011
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for August 2011
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for July - September 2011
21 Consumer Price Index for September 2011
21 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for Fourth Quarter 2011
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
September 2011
27 Salary Indices for Managerial and
Professional Employees for June 2011
November 2011
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2011
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Third Quarter 2011
10 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2011
11 Gross Domestic Product for Third Quarter
2011: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
Quarter of 2011 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2011" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note).
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for August - October 2011
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2011
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
October 2011
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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2011 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2011 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2011 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2011 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2011
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2011
6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2011
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2011
12 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2011
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Third Quarter 2011
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2011
15 Gross National Product and External Factor
Income Flows for Third Quarter 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for September - November 2011
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2011
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Third Quarter 2011
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2011
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2011
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2011
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2011
29 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Third
Quarter 2011
Ends/Friday, September 30, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:00
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