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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1986
THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION) WENT UP BY 2.4 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(A) AND 2.2 PER CENT IN NEW CPI(3) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF CIGARETTES.
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR ROSE BY 0.8 PER CENT IN BOTH NEW CPI(A) AND NEW CPI(3) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
(FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES.)
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR MAY 1986, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, DUDDELL STREET, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 3-7216512.
SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME FOCUSSES ON CIVIC AWARENESS
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THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME THIS YEAR WILL ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING PART TO WIDEN THEIR HORIZON, RAISE THEIR CIVIC AWARENESS AND BECOME USEFUL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1986 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, MP LIAOSAID ALL THE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE CENTRED ON THE MAIN THEME OF +CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY, GETTING TO KNOW IT BETTER.+
MR LIAO SAID THE THEME WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT, AT A TIME WHEN HONG KONG WAS EXPERIENCING RAPID CHANGES IN ITS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SPHERES.