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The Chairman said the BEC was aware of suggestions for a "cooling off day" on the polling day when all electioneering activities will be banned.
"The Commission's preliminary view is that implementing such a proposal would entail considerable practical difficulties and has thus proposed to set up a "no canvassing area" outside each polling station.
"The Commission will be happy to listen to public views on this issue. We also hope to meet interested organisations to discuss the enforcement problems and the arrangements to maintain order on the polling day," he said.
Mr Justice Woo expects to complete making the relevant subsidiary legislation and to publish the finalised guidelines in early July.
End/Friday, March 31, 1995
Annual Report on the Consumer Price Index 1994
The Annual Report on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 1994 has recently been published by the Census and Statistics Department. The report provides a detailed analysis of the movements of the CPI(A), CPI(B), Hang Seng CPI and Composite CPI in 1994.
Charts and tables showing movements of the CPIs by individual commodity/service components and their contributions to the overall change in the indices are also presented in the report.
The report is a bilingual publication in both English and Chinese. Apart from statistics on the CPIs, the report also contains a detailed explanation of the concepts and computation method of the CPIs so as to help readers to gain a better understanding of the CPIs.
The report is now on sale, at HK$32.00 a copy, at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway; and the Publications Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Enquiries concerning this report can be directed to the Consumer Price Index Section of the Census and Statistics Department on telephone 2805 6403.
End/Friday, March 31, 1995