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Oct 15Thu
  1. 政府統計處·新聞稿63

    Census and Statistics Department Releases Statistics on Hong Kong's External Merchandise Trade Volume and Price for August 2026

    In August 2026, Hong Kong's overall merchandise export volume rose 28.6% from the same month a year earlier, while import volume rose 34.6%. The figures were released by the Census and Statistics Department in the form of a press release; the original text can be found at /tc/press_release_detail.html?id=5813&r=rss

    Why read this: The release gives the year-on-year increases in Hong Kong's overall export and import volumes in August 2026, allowing verification of the specific changes in merchandise trade volume.

Oct 9Fri
  1. Translation is not available yet. Showing the Traditional Chinese version.

    政府新聞處·新聞公報61

    統計處公布九月中小企業務狀況按月統計調查結果

    政府統計處公布二零二六年九月中小企業務狀況調查,中小企業務收益現時動向指數由八月44.1跌至九月43.7,十月業務收益展望動向指數為47.4。地產業現時動向指數由48.5跌至45.4,飲食業由44.0跌至41.3;進出口貿易業新訂單現時動向指數由44.8跌至44.3。政府發言人表示九月中小企營商氣氛稍有放緩。

    Why read this: 列出中小企業務收益及新訂單的現時與展望動向指數,方便對照八月數字判斷收縮幅度,發言人對九月營商氣氛的評估亦一併列出。

Oct 5Mon
  1. Translation is not available yet. Showing the Traditional Chinese version.

    政府新聞處·新聞公報67

    土地註冊處發表九月統計:樓宇買賣合約6 438份 總值535億元

    土地註冊處發表二○二六年九月份統計數字,該月送交註冊的所有種類樓宇買賣合約共6 438份,按月升11.6%、按年跌6.3%,合約總值535億元。其中住宅樓宇買賣合約4 761份、總值468億元,按月分別上升18.5%和29.3%。九月市民查冊463 031次,較八月下跌73.5%。

    Why read this: 數字列出九月樓宇買賣合約的按月與按年升降幅度,以及住宅與查冊分項,讀者可核對樓市成交是否回軟。

Oct 2Fri
  1. Translation is not available yet. Showing the Traditional Chinese version.

    政府新聞處·新聞公報75

    統計處公布二零二六年八月零售業銷貨額按年升5.6%

    政府統計處公布二零二六年八月零售業總銷貨價值臨時估計為321億元,按年上升5.6%,為連續第十六個月擴張。網上銷售價值為28億元、佔總銷貨價值8.7%,按年升9.9%。分類中電器及耐用消費品升29.1%,汽車及汽車零件跌22.0%。

    Why read this: 八月零售額按年升5.6%、網上銷售佔8.7%,並列出各零售類別的升跌幅,讀者可核對邊類消費升、邊類跌。

Sept 30Wed
  1. 政府新聞處·新聞公報66

    Hong Kong Monetary Authority releases results of residential mortgage survey for August 2026

    The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released the results of the residential mortgage survey for August 2026. New loan applications fell 8.3 per cent month-on-month to 8,446 cases, while newly approved mortgage loans decreased 28.2 per cent to HK$32.2 billion. Within the total, approvals in the primary market fell 31.8 per cent to HK$9.1 billion, the secondary market dropped 36.7 per cent to HK$15.3 billion, while re-mortgages rose 6.8 per cent to HK$7.8 billion. Outstanding mortgage loans increased 0.6 per cent month-on-month to HK$1,975.4 billion, with a delinquency ratio of 0.11 per cent.

    Why read this: Lists month-on-month changes in new mortgage applications, approvals and utilisation, allowing the increases and decreases in primary, secondary and re-mortgage markets to be checked one by one, together with the delinquency ratio.

Sept 24Thu
  1. Translation is not available yet. Showing the Traditional Chinese version.

    政府統計處·新聞稿64

    統計處公布2026年8月香港整體出口及進口貨值按年升53.0%和60.0%

    2026年8月份香港商品整體出口貨值較上年同月上升53.0%,進口貨值上升60.0%。數據由政府統計處在二零二六年八月份對外商品貿易統計新聞稿中公布。

    Why read this: 公布同時列出八月出口與進口的按年升幅,讀者可對照兩個數字掌握當月貿易走勢。

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