FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1991
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1990 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT ON SALE
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FOR 1990,
THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE CPI'S DURING LAST YEAR, IS NOW ON SALE.
THE BILINGUAL REPORT, PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ALSO INCLUDES THREE CHARTS AND FIVE TABLES SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BY SECTION AND BY GROUP OF COMMODITY/SERVICE, AS WELL AS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ΤΟ THE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE INDEXES.
APART FROM STATISTICS ON THE CPI'S, THE REPORT ALSO EXPLAINS THE CONCEPTS AND COMPUTATION METHOD OF THE CPI'S TO HELP READERS OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THE CPI'S.
THE REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $27 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, OPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, HANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS REPORT CAN BE DIRECTED то THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 805 6403.
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
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HKEF
DATE
$ MILLION
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON
9.5.91
480
EFFECT OF PORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON
10.5.91
+10
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING
-10
EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
NEUTRAL
TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.4 -0.1* 10.5.91
HONG KONG