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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1976
THE COST OF INSTRUCTING LEGAL ADVISERS, HE POINTED OUT, WAS OFTEN DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT BEING CLAIMED.
+THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL IS DESIGNED TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM AND IT WILL BE AN INFORMAL FORUM WHICH, IT IS ANTICIPATED, WILL DEAL EXPEDITIOUSLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH MOST TYPES OF SMALL CLAIMS, + MR. MAYO SAID. +THE VERNACULAR WILL, IN MOST CASES, BE IN CANTONESE.+
COPIES OF A PAMPHLET GIVING DETAILS OF THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY IN VARIOUS CITY DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ORDINANCE CAN SOON BE INSPECTED AT ANY COURT OR CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND CAN BE BOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG
ISLAND, AT $2 A COPY.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR AUGUST
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THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) FOR AUGUST 1976 MAS 114, THREE POINTS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ADVANCED BY FIVE POINTS. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, PORK, LIVE POULTRY AND MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUITS SHOWED A DECLINE.
THE INDEXES FOR DURABLE GOODS, MISCELLANEOUS GOODS, SERVICES, TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES EACH INCREASED BY ONE POINT.
MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR THE OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (P) FOR AUGUST 1976 WAS 114, TWO POINTS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR THE PREVICUS MONTH.
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ADVANCED BY FOUR POINTS. THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, PORK, LIVE POULTRY INCREASED WHILE THAT OF THE FRESH FRUITS SHOWED A DECLINE.
THE INDEXES FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND SERVICES EACH INCREASED BY ONE POINT.
MOVEMENTS IN THE INDEXES FOR THE OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
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