NOTE TO EDITORS:
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1977
+MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION
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A +MEET THE MEDIA+ SESSION WILL BE HELD IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE ON THURSDAY (APRIL 7), STARTING AT 3 P.M.
ATTENDING THIS MEETING WILL BE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, MR. R.E. GREGORY.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE MEETING. TELEVISION CREWS ARE ASKED TO ARRIVE EARLY SO THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
SPECIAL ARTICLE ON CONSUMER PRICES IN 1976
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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON 'CONSUMER PRICES IN 1976' APPEARS IN THE JANUARY ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS NOW ON SALE IN THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING AT $6 A COPY.
THIS ARTICLE BEGINS WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE METHODS ADOPTED TO CONSTRUCT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. A DETAILED ANALYSIS SUPPLEMENTED BY TABLES AND A GRAPH, IS MADE OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN 1976 BY VARIOUS SECTIONS OF COMMODITIES AND SERVICES, SOME OF THE MAJOR FACTORS WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR FLUCTUATIONS IN LAST YEAR'S CONSUMER PRICES ARE DISCUSSED.
AS FROM THIS YEAR THE CONTENT OF THIS PERIODICAL HAS FURTHER BEEN ENRICHED BY THE ADDITION OF THREE NEW STATISTICAL TABLES ON TRADE INDEX NUMBERS TO SECTION 5 AND THE SDR (SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHT) VALUE AND THE EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE INDEX FOR THE HONG KONG DOLLAR TO THE EXCHANGE RATES TABLES IN SECTION 9.
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