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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JUNE
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THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) FOR JUNE 1976 WAS 111, TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY THREE POINTS. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF SALT WATER FISH, OTHER FISH, FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUITS.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN THE RENTS OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS.
INCREASES OF ONE POINT EACH WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE INDEXES FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO, AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.
MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF COMMODITY AND SERVICE WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1976 WAS 112, TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY THREE POINTS. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES FOR SALT WATER FISH, OTHER FISH, FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUITS AND MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ADVANCED BY ONE POINT AS A RESULT OF AN INCREASE IN THE RENTS OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS.
INCREASES OF ONE POINT EACH WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE INDEXES FOR DURABLE GOODS AND SERVICES.
MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF COMMODITY WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
BILLS PASSED
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THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1976, WHICH INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE ADMISSION OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AS SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS IN HONG KONG, TODAY PASSED THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND BECAME LAW.
ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. JOHN HOBLEY, DURING ITS COMMITTEE STAGE WAS THE POSTPONEMENT TO AUGUST 1, 1976 OF THE DATE AFTER WHICH NEWLY QUALIFIED SOLICITORS AND SOLICITORS QUALIFIED IN BRITAIN WOULD HAVE TO SPEND A PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS AS ASSISTANT SOLICITORS BEFORE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PRACTISE ON THE IR OWN OR IN PARTNERSHIP.
THE POSTPONEMENT, MR. HOBLEY SAID, WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL THROUGH COUNCIL.
ALSO PASSING THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING TODAY WAS THE MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS (ROAD TRAFFIC) BILL 1976.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1976. WHICH SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW DEALING WITH SUCH OFFENCES AS INJECTING WATER INTO MEAT AND EXCESSIVELY NOISY AIR-CONDITIONERS, WAS INTRODUCED INTO COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING.