Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data

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     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between July and September 2018. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 was provided to the media in September 2017. No change has been made to the original schedule.

July 2018
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Date        Press Release
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3             Retail sales statistics for May 2018
19           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for 
               April – June 2018
19           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for May 2018
20           Business expectations for third quarter 2018
23           Consumer Price Index for June 2018
26           External merchandise trade statistics for June 2018

August 2018
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Date        Press Release
—–        —————
1             Retail sales statistics for June 2018
3             Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for second
               quarter 2018
9             Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for June 2018 
10           Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2018: data
               contained in the press release entitled "Economic 
               Situation in the Second Quarter of 2018 and Latest
               GDP and Price Forecasts for 2018" issued by The
               Office of the Government Economist under the
               Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
14           Mid-year population for 2018 
17           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               May – July 2018 
21           Consumer Price Index for July 2018 
27           External merchandise trade statistics for July 2018
30           Retail sales statistics for July 2018

September 2018
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Date        Press Release
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6             Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
               second quarter 2018
10           Quarterly business receipts indices for service
               industries for second quarter 2018 
11           Construction output statistics for second quarter 2018
11           Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the 
               mainland of China for second quarter 2018 
13           Index of industrial production and producer price index 
               for industrial sector for second quarter 2018
14           Gross National Income and external primary income
               flows for second quarter 2018 
18           Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
               June – August 2018 
19           Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
               economic activity for second quarter 2018
20           Consumer Price Index for August 2018 
20           Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
               trade for July 2018
20           Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2018
21           Balance of Payments and International Investment
               Position statistics for second quarter 2018 
27           External merchandise trade statistics for August 2018
27           Wage and payroll statistics for June 2018

Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2018 and second update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole.  The GDP for the second quarter of 2018 will also be released there.  No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2018 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

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