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Following is a reminder of the releases to be issued between December 2011 and February 2012. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2011 and 2012 were provided to the mass media in September 2010 and September 2011 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedules.
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
January 2012
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2011
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2011
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for
October - December 2011
20 Consumer Price Index for December 2011
20 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for First Quarter 2012
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2011
February 2012
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Date Press Release
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1 Advance Preliminary Gross Domestic Product for
Fourth Quarter 2011 and the whole year of 2011:
data contained in the Budget supporting
documents (Note)
2 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2011
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Fourth Quarter 2011
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2011
20 Consumer Price Index for January 2012
21 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics for
November 2011 - January 2012
21 Year-end Population for 2011
23 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2012
Note: An advance preliminary Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates will be released along with the Budget Speech on February 1, 2012. Only figures for major expenditure components of GDP will be released in the context of the advance preliminary estimates. The preliminary estimates of GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole year of 2011 will be released on February 22, 2012 in the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Report, which can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department.
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2012 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel.: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Issued at HKT 11:08
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