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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1986
+ THE FIRST YEAR SINCE THE RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION IN MAY 1985 HAS SHOWN THAT THIS CONFIDENCE WAS NOT MISPLACED, + HE REMARKED.
HE NOTED THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION, THE TWO JOINT SINO-BRITISH BODIES SET UP UNDER THE DECLARATION HAD PROVED THEMSELVES AS USEFUL FORUMS WHERE A SERIES OF DECISIONS ON MATTERS OF CONCERN TO HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD BEEN REACHED, INCLUDING THE RECENT AGREEMENT ON SECURING HONG KONG'S POSITION IN THE GATT,
THE PLENARY SESSION IS BEING ATTENDED BY 430 PEOPLE FROM 49 COUNTRIES AND 54 UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ARE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLER MR STEPHEN CHEONG, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR JOHN YAXLEY, AND THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR WILFRED WONG.
NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, DR RICHARD BUTLER, WILL PRESENT THE WEIGHTING PATTERNS OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE
INDEXES AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 3 PM.
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE 1984-85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY, THE DEPARTMENT WILL PUBLISH TWO NEW CPI SERIES.
THE MANAGER OF HANG SENG BANK LTD., MR T.P. CHENG, WILL EXPLAIN SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE WEIGHTING SYSTEM OF THE NEW HANG SENG CONSUMER PRICE INDEX,
ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, DR LUK CHI-MING, AND THE SUB-MANAGER OF THE HANG SENG BANK LTD, MR LUK KOON-HOO.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.
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