FRIDAY, MAX 15, 1981
THE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(A) DECREASED BY TWO POINTS AND THAT IN NEW C.P.I.(B) BY ONE POINT AS CHARGES FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE INDEX FOR THE SERVICES COMPONENT IN NEW C.P.I.(A) DECREASED BY ONE POINT AS CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) (JULY 73/JUNE 74 100) FOR MARCH 1981 WERE 178 AND 177 RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, C.P.I.(A) INCREASED BY TWO POINTS OR 1.1 PER CENT AND C.P.1. (B) BY ONE POINT OR 0.6 PER CENT.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1981, BOTH INDEXES INCREASED BY 20 POINTS OR 12.7 PER CENT.
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR MARCH 1981, NOW ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS VISIT POWER STATION SITE
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THE CHINA LIGHT POWER STATION AT TAP SHEK KOK WILL COST BETWEEN $16 BILLION AND $18 BILLION TO DEVELOP, MEMBERS OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD WERE TOLD THIS MORNING (FRIDAY).
THE GENERAL PROJECTS SITE MANAGER, MR JACK WOODS, SAID THE POWER STATION WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO STAGES.
THERE WERE FOUR UNITS IN STAGE 1, THE FIRST OF WHICH WOULD BE COMMISSIONED NEXT YEAR.
THERE WERE ALSO FOUR UNITS IN STAGE II, WHICH WOULD BE IN FULL OPERATION BY 1990.
THE BOARD MEMBERS SPENT TWO HOURS AT TAP SHEK KOK BEING BRIEFED BY PROJECT STAFF AND TOURING THE SITE.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER TUEN MUN,
MR BILLY LAM, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, MR T.S. NG.
AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD EARLIER, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES IN TAI HING ESTATE, WHERE THERE WERE 2 000 PRIMARY 1 CHILDREN AND ONLY 900 PLACES.
THE BOARD