Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data

     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between September and November 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.
 
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 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
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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
 
November 2018
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Date                 Press Release
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1                      Retail sales statistics for September 2018
 
5                      Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for third quarter 2018
 
15                    Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for September 2018
 
16                    Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2018 : data contained in the press release entitled "Economic                                      Situation in the Third 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)
 
16                    Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August – October 2018
 
20                    Consumer Price Index for October 2018
 
26                    External merchandise trade statistics for October 2018
 
30                    Retail sales statistics for October 2018
 
Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Third Quarter Economic Report 2018 and final update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third 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).