MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1986
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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CPI FOR 1985 ******
AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR 1985 WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. THIS REPORT GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENT OF CONSUMER PRICES AND DETAILED ANALYSES OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES DURING 1985.
INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE FOUR CHARTS AND FIVE TABLES SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BY SECTION AND GROUP OF COMMODITY/SERVICE AS WELL AS THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE INDEXES.
THE REPORT IS ON SALE, AT $7 A COPY, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERÁL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, OR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, 19TH FLOOR, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE REPORT CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT
-7216512.
MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH URBTIX
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TICKETS FOR MOST REGIONAL COUNCIL CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EIGHT URBAN VENUES THROUGH THE URBAN COUNCIL'S COMPUTER ISED TICKETING SYSTEM (URBTIX) FOR A TRIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS STARTING FROM TOMORROW (APRIL 1).
THE EIGHT VENUES ARE THE CITY HALL, QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, SPACE MUSEUM. HONG KONG COLISEUM AND TOM LEE MUSIC COMPANY'S FOUR BRANCHES AT CAMERON LANE, HENNESSY ROAD, CITY PLAZA AND MAN YEE BUILDING IN CENTRAL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TICKET BUYERS CAN PATRONISE ANY OF THESE VENUES OR DIAL 5-739595 FOR TICKET RESERVATION UP TO ONE DAY BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE.
THE TRIAL SCHEME IS AIMED AT MAKING TICKETS FOR REGIONAL COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, UNTIL NOW THEY HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE COUNCIL'S TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL, NORTH DISTRICT TOWN HALL, TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE AND LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG.
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