FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1991
BASED ON THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
THE
EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE
PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1989/90
HAD
OF
MONTHLY
THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%
IN HONG
WHICH URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
AN KONG,
AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $2,500-$9,999 A MONTH IN 1989/90.
30%
EXPENDITURE
OF
THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT
MONTHLY OF URBAN
WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS, $10,000-$17,499 IN THE SAME PERIOD.
THE EXPENDITURE
MONTHLY
(THE 1989/90-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $17,500-$37,499 IN 1989/90.)
NEW SECRETARY FOR WORKS APPOINTED
THAT MR JAMES BLAKE ΤΟ SUCCEED MR KENNETH KWOK 31 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY)
WORKS WILL BE APPOINTED SECRETARY FOR WAI-KAI, WHO WILL BE RETIRING AFTER GOVERNMENT.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON MR KWOK AND MR BLAKE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MR KENNETH KWOK WAI-KAI, OBE, JP
OF
HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS AN AGED 59. MR KWOK JOINED THE
APRIL
WAS PROMOTED 1960. HE
DIRECTOR TO DEPUTY ENGINEER IN
IN
ΤΟ JUNE 1983, DEVELOPMENT TERRITORY
OF TO DIRECTOR
TERRITORY ITS PRESENT RANK OF SECRETARY, DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY 1986 AND TO GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN MARCH 1990. HE WAS THE FIRST WORKS
ESTABLISHED RETIREMENT, MR KWOK WILL HAVE COMPLETED 31 YEARS OF SERVICE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
WHEN
THE
WORKS
BRANCH
WAS
IN
SECRETARY
HIS 1990. ON
WITH THE
FOR
MR JAMES BLAKE
OF CROW KONG
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AGED 57. MR BLAKE IS CURRENTLY
LTD AND PRESIDENT OF HONG MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS MAUNSELL
EXPERIENCE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS. HE HAS HAD 40 YEARS CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COVERING DESIGN, CONTRACTING, ADMINISTRATION AND
IN THE AND IS RECOGNISED AS AN OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL BY HIS PEERS CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
AFTER QUALIFYING AS A CIVIL
MR ENGINEER,
BLAKE WORKED FROM KIRKPATRICK & PARTNERS ON A VARIETY
1965 TO 1973 WITH SCOTT WILSON OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN HONG KONG.
/BETWEEN 1973