Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data

     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between August and October 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.
 
August 2018
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Date     Press Release
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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
—–      ——————
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
            the 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
 
October 2018
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Date      Press Release
—–      ——————
2          Retail sales statistics for August 2018
18        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for
            August 2018
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for July –
            September 2018
19        Business expectations for fourth quarter 2018
23        Consumer Price Index for September 2018
25        External merchandise trade statistics for September 2018
26        Salary indices for managerial and professional employees 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).