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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1989
THE POK FU LAM FIRE STATION IS THE 52ND FIRE STATION OPENED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG FIRE SERVICES. THE AMBULANCE DEPOT IS THE 21ST OPENED SINCE 1966.
THE NEW FIRE STATION HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE NOVEMBER 1987. IT SERVES WAH FU AND TIN WAN ESTATES, CHI FU FA YUEN, BAGUIO VILLA AND SHEK PAI WAN INDUSTRIAL AREA FORMERLY COVERED BY ABERDEEN AND KENNEDY TOWN FIRE STATIONS AND HAS RESPONDED TO 315 FIRE CALLS AND SPECIAL SERVICE CALLS UP TO THE PRESENT.
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER PUBLISHED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY)
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1988.
100) FOR
PUBLISHED
DECEMBER
85 = THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCT. 84/SEP. 1988 WERE 121.7 AND 121.8 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 7.7 PER CENT OVER DECEMBER 1987 FOR BOTH INDEXES.
COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT.
THE AVERAGE OPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1988, AT 117.5 AND 117.6 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 7.5 PER CENT AND 7.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THAT IN 1987.
DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 1988, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.7 PER
AT 0.8 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), PER MONTH.
THE
CPI (B)
CENT
THE CPI(A) AND
ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.
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