MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1984
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MACAU GOVERNOR TO VISIT HK OFFICIALLY
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THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, HIS EXCELLENCY REAR-ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA, HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM SIR EDWARD YOUDE TO PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 31. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MADAM ALMEIDA E COSTA.
REAR-ADMIRAL ALMEIDA E COSTA WILL RECEIVE BRIEFINGS ON HONG KONG, TOUR THE TERRITORY BY HELICOPTER AND VISIT SHA TIN. THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL LUNCHEON AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
JULY CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES RISE
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JULY 1984 WERE 155.6 AND 155.4 RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 0.1 POINT OR 0.1 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.2 POINT OR 0.2 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1983, CPI(A) ROSE BY 13.5 POINTS OR 9.5 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 13.6 POINTS OR 9.6 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS TO JULY 1984, AT 151.4 AND 150.9 RESPECTIVELY, WERE BOTH 10.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS TO JULY 1983.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD TO JULY 1984, BOTH THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.4 PER CENT EACH MONTH.
DURING JULY, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND ADMISSION CHARGES FOR CINEMAS WENT UP. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT AND LIVE POULTRY DECREASED.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979-80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI(A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH, AND THE CPI(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.
THE INDEXES FOR JULY 1984 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY- SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1984 AND JULY 1983.
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