TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1988
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AWARDS FOR STUDENTS IN SUMMER SPORTS SCHEME
MORE THAN 190 BOYS AND GIRLS WHO EXCELLED IN THIS YEAR'8 SUMMER SPORTS SCHEME FOR SCHOOLS WERE PRESENTED AWARDS TODAY (TUESDAY)} FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS.
PRESENTING THE PRIZES TO THE STUDENTS AT A CEREMONY AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF CLEMENTI MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, PRAISED THEIR ENDEAVOURS IN VARIOUS SPORTS TRAINING COURSES.
THE SUMMER SPORTS SCHEME WAS HELD BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL AND WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE SWIRE BOTTLERS LIMITED.
MORE THAN 2,500 STUDENTS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ TAKE PART IN 73 TRAINING COURSES IN 11 SPORTS.
THESE INCLUDED DIVING, CANOEING, ROWING, SAILING AND LIFESAVING IN AQUATIC SPORTS AS WELL AB HANDBALL, RUGBY, ARCHERY, FENCING, GYMNASTICS AND VOLLEYBALL IN LAND SPORTS.
THE PROGRAMMES WERE ORGANISED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS
SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JULY PUBLISHED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY)
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JULY 1988.
PUBLISHED
FOR JULY 1988
THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCT. 84/SEP. 85 = 100) WERE 118.0 AND 118.1 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 8.0 PER CENT AND 7.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER JULY 1987.
MONTHS ENDED
THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 JULY 1988, AT 113.8 AND 113.9 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 6. 8 PER CENT AND 6.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED JULY 1987.
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIB COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) FOR JULY 1988 INCREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT AND 0.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 1988, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.5 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), AT 0.6 PER CENT PER MONTH.
THE CPI(A) .....................