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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between June and August 2015. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2015 was provided to the media in September 2014. No change has been made to the original schedule.
June 2015
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2015
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for First Quarter 2015
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for First Quarter 2015
11 Construction Output Statistics for First
Quarter 2015
12 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for First Quarter 2015
15 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for First Quarter
2015
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for March - May 2015
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2015
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
First Quarter 2015
22 Consumer Price Index for May 2015
22 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for First
Quarter 2015
22 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
March 2015
22 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for First
Quarter 2015
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2015
26 Wage and Payroll Statistics for March
2015
29 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2015
July 2015
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Date Press Release
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16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2015
17 Business Expectations for Third Quarter
2015
20 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for April - June 2015
21 Consumer Price Index for June 2015
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for June 2015
31 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2015
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for Second Quarter 2015
August 2015
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Date Press Release
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13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2015
13 Mid-year Population for 2015
14 Gross Domestic Product for Second
Quarter 2015: data contained in the
press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Second Quarter of 2015
and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for
2015" issued by the Economic Analysis
Division of the Economic Analysis and
Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for May - July 2015
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2015
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for July 2015
31 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2015
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 2015 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2015 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2015 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2015 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2015 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, May 29, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:00
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