TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1989
AND
FOR PACKAGE
THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1.0 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES TOURS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT.
APRIL
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR 1989, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3.5 PER COPY FROM PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,
POST OFFICE BUILDING, GENERAL PLACE, HONG KONG: OR CONNAUGHT
FROM THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT, 19/F. WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD,
**
FRENCH DEPARTMENT, KONG; OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS
THE GOVERNMENT GROUND FLOOR, AND STATISTICS WAN CHAI, HONG MISSION MAILINGS.
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE
AND STATISTICS THE CENSUS SECTION OF INDEX
PRICE 5-8235089.
CONSUMER
DEPARTMENT
AT
CENT
THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 133.3 IN APRIL 1989, UP BY 1.8 PER
THE HANG OVER MARCH 1989 AND UP BY 11.0 PER CENT OVER APRIL 1988.
CENT OF SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE 10 PER
HK$10,000-24,999 A MONTH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG THAT SPENT DURING THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
SURVEY.
HANG OF HANG
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT SENG BANK LTD.
FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY UNLESS
SPECIFIED. OTHERWISE
ALL PERCENTAGE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE PLACE.
ADJUSTED CHANGES ARE THAN 1 DECIMAL
1988 SURVEY OF BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS STARTED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE SURVEY OF BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS FOR 1988 HAS JUST COMMENCED.
THE SURVEY IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND REPRESENTS CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME IN THE DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT ECONOMIC ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE BUILDING, REAL ESTATE SECTORS IN HONG KONG.
PART OF A STATISTICS
CONSTRUCTION AND
EVALUATING ESTATE
SECTORS то ASCERTAINING THEIR COST
UP-TO-DATE DATA FOR THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY ARE TO
AND REAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION
KONG'S HONG
OBTAIN
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT,
CHARACTERISTICS STRUCTURE, OPERATING
AND FOR
AND
OUTPUT LEVELS,
/RESULTS OF
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