Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between May and July 2017. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 was provided to the media in September 2016. No change has been made to the original schedule.

May 2017
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Date     Press Release
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5          Retail sales statistics for March 2017
5          Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
            first quarter 2017
11        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for March 2017
12        Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2017:
            data contained in the press release entitled
            "Economic Situation in the First Quarter of 2017 and
             Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2017" issued by the
             Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and
             Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's
             Office (Note)
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            February - April 2017
23        Consumer Price Index for April 2017
25        External merchandise trade statistics for April 2017

June 2017
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Date     Press Release
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1          Retail sales statistics for April 2017
6          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
            first quarter 2017
9          Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries 
            for first quarter 2017
12        Construction output statistics for first quarter 2017
12        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
            mainland of China for first quarter 2017
13        Index of industrial production and producer price index for 
            the industrial sector for first quarter 2017
15        Gross National Income and external primary income flows
            for first quarter 2017
15        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise Trade
            for April 2017
19        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
            economic activity for first quarter 2017
20        Consumer Price Index for May 2017
20        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            March - May 2017
22        Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2017
22        Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
            statistics for first quarter 2017
26        External merchandise trade statistics for May 2017
26        Wage and payroll statistics for March 2017
29        Retail sales statistics for May 2017

July 2017
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Date     Press Release
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18        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            April - June 2017
20        Consumer Price Index for June 2017
20        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
            trade for May 2017
21        Business expectations for third quarter 2017
27        External merchandise trade statistics for June 2017

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 First Quarter Economic Report 2017 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2017 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/Friday, April 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:15

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