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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between October and December 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.
October 2014
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Date Press Release
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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
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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 (Note)
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for August - October 2014
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2014
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for October 2014
December 2014
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2014
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2014
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2014
12 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the Industrial
Sector for Third Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2014
15 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for Third Quarter
2014
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2014
18 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for September - November 2014
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Third Quarter 2014
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2014
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2014
19 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for November 2014
29 Wage and Payroll Statistics for September
2014
29 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for November 2014
30 Retail Sales Statistics for November
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 2015 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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