Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between November 2016 and January 2017. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2016 and 2017 were provided to the media in September 2015 and September 2016 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
 
November 2016
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Date        Press Release
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3             Retail sales statistics for September 2016
 
3             Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
               third quarter 2016
 
10           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for September 2016
 
11           Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2016: data
               contained in the press release entitled "Economic
               Situation in the Third Quarter of 2016 and Latest GDP
               and Price Forecasts for 2016" 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 2016
 
22           Consumer Price Index for October 2016
 
24           External merchandise trade statistics for October 2016
 
December 2016
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Date        Press Release
-----        ----------------
1             Retail sales statistics for October 2016
 
6             Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
               third quarter 2016
 
9             Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service industries
               for third quarter 2016
 
12           Construction output statistics for third quarter 2016
 
13           Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price Index
               for the industrial sector for third quarter 2016
 
15           Gross National Income and External Primary Income Flows
               for third quarter 2016
 
15           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
               for October 2016
 
19           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               September - November 2016
 
19           Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
               mainland of China for third quarter 2016
 
20           Consumer Price Index for November 2016
 
20           Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2016
 
20           Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
               economic activity for third quarter 2016
 
20           Balance of Payments and International Investment
               Position statistics for third quarter 2016
 
29           External merchandise trade statistics for November 2016
 
29           Wage and payroll statistics for September 2016
 
January 2017
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Date        Press Release
-----        ----------------
3             Retail sales statistics for November 2016
 
17           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for November 2016
 
19           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               October - December 2016
 
20           Business expectations for first quarter 2017
 
23           Consumer Price Index for December 2016
 
26           External merchandise trade statistics for December 2016
 
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 2016 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Monday, October 31, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00

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