Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between September and November 2014. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 was provided to the media in September 2013. No change has been made to the original schedule.

September 2014
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------
5         Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
          Containers for Second Quarter 2014

11        Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
          Service Industries for Second Quarter
          2014

12        Index of Industrial Production and
          Producer Price Index for the Industrial
          Sector for Second Quarter 2014

12        Construction Output Statistics for
          Second Quarter 2014

15        Gross National Income and External
          Primary Income Flows for Second Quarter
          2014

18        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for June - August 2014

18        Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
          Processing in the Mainland of China
          for Second Quarter 2014

18        Volume and Price Statistics of External
          Merchandise Trade for July 2014

19        Employment and Vacancies Statistics
          for June 2014

19        Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
          Product by Economic Activity for Second
          Quarter 2014

22        Consumer Price Index for August 2014

22        Balance of Payments and International
          Investment Position Statistics for
          Second Quarter 2014

25        Wage and Payroll Statistics for June 2014

25        External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
          August 2014

29        Retail Sales Statistics for August 2014

October 2014
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------
16        Volume and Price Statistics of External
          Merchandise Trade for August 2014

20        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for July - September 2014

21        Consumer Price Index for September 2014

24        Business Expectations for Fourth
          Quarter 2014

27        External Merchandise Trade Statistics
          for September 2014

27        Salary Indices for Managerial and
          Professional Employees for June 2014

November 2014
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Date      Press Release
----      -------------
3         Retail Sales Statistics for
          September 2014

3         Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
          Statistics for Third Quarter 2014

13        Volume and Price Statistics of External
          Merchandise Trade for September 2014

14        Gross Domestic Product for Third
          Quarter 2014: data contained in the
          press release entitled "Economic
          Situation in the Third Quarter of 2014
          and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts
          for 2014" issued by the Economic
          Analysis Division of the Economic
          Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit
          under the Financial Secretary's Office

17        Unemployment and Underemployment
          Statistics for August - October 2014

20        Consumer Price Index for October 2014

25        External Merchandise Trade Statistics
          for October 2014

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 2014 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2014 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2014 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Friday, August 29, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00

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