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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1974
+A LARGE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM THE POPULOUS AND FAST DEVELOPING AREA OF NEW KOWLOON, MOREOVER, TSUEN WAN, WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 1963/64 SURVEY, HAS NOW BEEN EMBRACED UNDER THE CURRENT SURVEY,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
FOR EVERY MONTH SINCE LAST JULY SOME 260 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS WERE ASKED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF THEIR EXPENDİ TURE
SO FAR, OVER ON GOODS AND SERVICES FOR ONE CALENDAR MONTH. 2,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. THIS MONTHLY SAMPLING SURVEY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JUNE THIS YEAR.
ON COMPLETION OF THE SURVEY, THE DATA THUS COLLATED WILL BE PROCESSED BY COMPUTER AND THE FINDINGS WILL BE CAREFULLY ANALYSED. THIS, ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE AND THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WILL THEREAFTER
BE ESTABLISHED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS.
+THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JULY WILL TAKE ON A COMPLETELY
NEW LOOK, + HE NOTED.
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