MONDAY, MAY 23,
1994
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY
MEASURES ΤΟ IMPLEMENT
FULLY HONG KONG'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ORDER IN COUNCIL.
ENQUIRIES
ON
THE
SUBJECT
SHOULD
BE
DIRECTED
TOWARDS THE
RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
GENERAL AND PRESS ENQUIRIES:
DUTY OFICER, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES (TEL NO: 842 8747)
TRADE RELATED MATTERS:
TRADE DEPARTMENT
(TEXTILE TEL NO: 398 5450)
-
(NON-TEXTILES - TEL NO: 398 5556/398 5572)
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT
(TEL NO: 852 3303)
MARINE MATTERS:
MARINE DEPARTMENT
(TEL NO: 852 4403)
FLIGHTS AND AVIATION RELATED MATTERS:
CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT
(TEL NO: 867 4210 OR 867 4211)
FINANCIAL SERVICES RELATED MATTERS:
FINANCIAL SERVICES BRANCH
(TEL NO: 527 1893)
CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR APRIL
* *
APRIL
1994 WAS TODAY
7.7% HIGHER (MONDAY) BY
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) IN THAN IN APRIL 1993, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN MARCH. CPI(A) WAS 8.0% THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE
A MODERATION IN THE THE SLOWER INCREASE IN APRIL WAS MAINLY DUE TO
AND IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS AT PRICES OF MOST FRESH FOOD ITEMS RESTAURANTS.
7.4% TAKING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS TOGEHTER, THE CPI(A) ROSE BY
CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993. THIS WAS AVERAGE INCREASE OF 8.5% RECORDED IN 1993.
AND THE CPI(B) AND THE HANG SENG CPI WERE HIGHER BY 8.2%
1994 APRIL
THAN
THE SAME MONTH LAST IN IN RESPECTIVELY THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN MARCH 1994 WERE 8.2% AND 9.2%.
9.9% YEAR.
SENG
CPI
RENT
MORR
THE FASTER YEAR-ON-YEAR RATE OF INCREASE IN THE HANG IN APRIL THAN IN MARCH WAS MAINLY DUE TO FASTER INCREASES IN THE PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING, WHICH FOR PRIVATE DWELLINGS AND THE
THAN OFFSET THE EFFECT OF THE SLOWER INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES.
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