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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988
THE GROUND STATISTICS WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT, FRENCH FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS
"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE
AT IS AVAILABLE
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CONSUMER
AT
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE
THE OF
AND CENSUS
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PRICE INDEX SECTION 5-8235089.
1988, UP BY 0.4 PER
THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 125.5 IN OCTOBER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1988 AND UP BY 9.0 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1987.
PATTERN OF THE
THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE
IN
KONG HONG
THAT SPENT HOUSEHOLDS PER
OF URBAN CENT
DURING THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HK$10,000-24,999 A MONTH
10
SURVEY.
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN
THE HANG RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG
SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.
CPI
SERIES NOT FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.
SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED
ARE DERIVED FROM
SES OUTLINES PLANNING FOR HARBOUR SERVICES
PLANNING
THE
ACTIVELY
FOR KARBOUR IS NOW GOVERNMENT
TRADE GROWTH UP TO THE INFRASTRUCTURAL SERVICES TO MEET PROJECTED
CHAN, SAID YEAR 2011, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING IN
COMMISSIONED BY
KOREA THE WORLD EXPECTED CONTINUED
AT
GROUP, MRS
IN GROWTH
OF THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY
A VESSEL
WIDE
CHAN SAID HONG KONG
IN TRADE
VIEW OF THI
CONFIDENTLY INCREASING USE OF HONG KONG AS A MAJOR ENTREPOT FOR SOUTHERN CHINA.
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT 90 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TRADE HANDLED THROUGH THE PORT.
WAS
VESSELS AND
RECORD
IN 1987, THE PORT HANDLED OVER 14,000 OCEAN-GOING 82,000 COASTAL TRADE VESSELS. CARGO THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR WAS 1 70 MILLION TONS.
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