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TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1978
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OTHER QUESTIONS TO BE RAISED BY THE UNOFFICIALS CONCERN THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF FIVE-DOLLAR NOTES, THE CONDITION OF THE OPEN NULLAH IN THE JORDAN VALLEY ESTATE, THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES IN HONG KONG AND THEIR RATE OF INCREASE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THREE BILLS -- THE MOTOR VEHICLES (FIRST REGISTRATION TAX) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978, THE STAMP (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) BILL 1978 AND THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978 -- WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
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CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR APRIL
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) FOR LAST MONTH (APRIL) WAS 125, UP BY THREE POINTS, AND THE INDEX (B) WAS 124, UP BY TWO POINTS COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH,
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ADVANCED BY THREE POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN C.P.I. (B).
THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH-WATER FISH AND FRESH VEGETABLES ROSE AS A RESULT OF REDUCED SUPPLIES.
FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR ORANGES, APPLES, PEARS, GRAPES AND WATER-MELONS, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE FOR FRESH FRUITS WENT UP. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF SALT-WATER FISH DECLINED OWING TO INCREASED SUPPLIES.
MOVEMENTS IN RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
HIGHER PRICES FOR CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINES AND FRESH FLOWERS PUSHED THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS UP BY TWO POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B).
THE INDICES FOR HOUSING AND DURABLE GOODS ROSE BY ONE POINT EACH IN C.P.I. (A) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MATERIALS FOR HOUSE MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, CAMERAS AND OPTICAL GOODS.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY AND SERVICES SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE C.P.I.
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