WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1982
NT RESIDENTS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY WORK
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THE TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING ATTENDED A BUFFET-STYLE SPRING DINNER PARTY GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND PROPERTY OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING OF MORE THAN 750 PEOPLE, HE PRAISED THE MEMBERS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE IR SUPPORT OF THE RECENTLY-HELD DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
MR MACLEOD SAID THE DINNER PARTY HELD IN BUFFET-STYLE TO ENCOURAGE MINGLING AMONG THE PEOPLE - PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS FROM THE THREE AREAS TO MEET AND TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
TSUEN WAN HAD ALREADY WITNESSED THE EFFECT OF MAC'S AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS IN THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THE LOCAL POPULATION, HE SAID.
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY ON SALE
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A NEW PUBLICATION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ENTITLED REPORT OF THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1979-80 AND THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SYSTEM+ IS ON SALE TODAY.
THIS PUBLICATION GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE METHODOLOGY PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY CARRIED OUT FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980, AND PRESENTS THE SURVEY RESULTS.
IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE METHODS ADOPTED FOR THE COMPUTATION OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) AND THE HANG SENG CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BASED ON ITS RESULTS.
THE NEW INDEXES HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC MONTHLY SINCE APRIL 1981.
THE REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $30 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.