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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1989
THE
'THE OUTCOME OF THE BANGKOK MEETING IS WELCOME BECAUSE JUNE PLEDGES COULD NOT BE TURNED INTO RESETTLEMENT PLACES WITHOUT A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY OVER SELECTION CRITERIA."
HONG KONG WAS REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR CHRIS WILLIAMS.
THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 13,200 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
FS TO ATTEND IMF CONFERENCE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, LEFT HONG KONG
EVENING (THURSDAY)
TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONFERENCE AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION.
THE CONFERENCE WILL SEPTEMBER 26 TO 28.
BE HELD
IN WASHINGTON
THIS FUND
USA D.C..
FROM
NUMBER OF ON HIS WAY BACK, SIR PIERS WILL TAKE ON A
SPEAKING BRIEF MEMBERS OF ENGAGEMENTS IN NEW YORK, LONDON AND PARIS. HE WILL THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL COMMUNITIES ON THE HONG KONG ECONOMY.
HE WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON OCTOBER 11.
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY FOR UPDATING CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
UPDATE THE CONSUMER PRICE A HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY TO
MONTH (OCTOBER} INDEX (CPI) IN HONG KONG WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM NEXT TO SEPTEMBER 1990.
TODAY CONFERENCE
(THURSDAY).
THE ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS
IS COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR BENJAMIN MOK, SAID: "IT
YEARS IN ORDER THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO REVISE THE CPI EVERY FIVE THAT THEY ADEQUATELY REFLECT THE SPENDING HABITS OF THE POPULATION TO WHICH THE CPI RELATES.'
THE LAST REVISION WAS MADE IN 1984-85.
то MEASURE THE GOODS AND SERVICES MOST
MR MOK EXPLAINED THAT THE CPI WAS A MAIN INDICATOR CHANGES IN THE GENERAL PRICE LEVEL OF HOUSEHOLDS BUY.
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