TUESDAY,
SEPTEM.
THE NEW BASE PERIOD IS OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 AVERAGE IN THE PERIOD TAKEN AS 100).
MONTHLY
THIS, WITH CONCURRENT
THE
RETAIL
SALES
INDEXES
ARE
ALSO
SIMILARLY REBASED.
THE COVERAGE, SAMPLING METHOD SURVEY ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SPECIAL REVIEW METHOD OF COMPUTATION OF THE INDEX.
AND
ESTIMATION ARTICLE,
METHOD OF THE ALONG
THE WITH
IN DATA ALSO
IN ADDITION, FEATURES OF THE REBASING, THE REFINEMENT PRESENTATION AND THE EFFECT OF CHANGES ON INDEX COMPARISON, DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE.
THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS NOW ON $48 PER COPY.
ARE
SÅLE ÅT
PUBLICATIONS. CENTRE, PURCHASES MAY BE MADE AT THE GOVERNMENT GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND THE ON PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 45.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 267.630 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
CONTAINED 334.512 THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 57.1 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
MILLION
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND
MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS
CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON
EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON
EFFRCT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING
DATE
$MILLION
21.9.91
600
24.9.91
+207
-207
/EFFECT OF