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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1988
THE EXPRESS FEE WILL BE INCREASED FROM REGISTRATION FEE FROM $5 TO $7.
$4 ΤΟ $5 AND THE
ALL TELECOMMUNICATION FEES WILL BE INCREASED, FROM THE SAME DATE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM
FIXED STATION
MOBILE STATION
RADIO PAGING SYSTEM
FIXED TRANSMITTING STATION
RECEIVING STATION
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FROM $680 TO $750
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FROM $270 TO $300
FROM $680 TO $750
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FROM $70 TO $80
THE REGULATIONS WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL UNDER THE POST OFFICE ORDINANCE AND THE TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE, AND GIVE EFFECT TO PROPOSED INCREASES THAT WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE BUDGET IN MARCH.
THE RATES AND FEES CONCERNED WERE LAST RAISED IN
SEPTEMBER
1985.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE PUBLISHED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY)
PUBLISHED
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1988.
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCT. 84/SEP. 85 = 100) FOR JUNE 1988 WERE 117.0 AND 117.2 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF CENT AND 6.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER JUNE 1987.
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6.5 PER
COMPARED WITH MAY 1988 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) INCREASED BY 0.8 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B),
BY 0.7 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE