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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1979

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THE COSTS OF MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ALSO WENT UP AS SOME RESTAURANTS AND EATING-PLACES RAISED THEIR PRICES. ON THE OTHER HAND THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECLINED. MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

DUE TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT ADVANCED BY SIX POINTS IN C.P.1. (A) AND BY SEVEN POINTS IN C.P.I. (B).

THE ONE-POINT RISE IN THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY, CUTLERY AND OPTICAL GOODS.

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ROSE BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN C.P.I. (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINES, SOFT FURNISHINGS, TOILET REQUISITES AND PHOTOGRAPH PROCESSING AND PRINTING CHARGES.

HIGHER SCHOOL FEES AND TEXT-BOOK PRICES PUSHED THE INDEX FOR SERVICES UP BY SEVEN POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B).

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

FIRST CREMATORIUM IN NT OPENS SOON

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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE CREMATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES' FIRST CREMATORIUM AT KWAI CHUNG ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 24).

SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR OF THE CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIUM SECTION OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR. LEE SHEUNG-YEE SAID BOOKING FOR THE SERVICE MUST BE MADE BY APPLICANTS IN PERSON AT THE HUNG HOM PUBLIC FUNERAL PARLOUR AT 6 CHEUNG HANG ROAD.

THE $8.3 MILLION KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM, WHICH WAS HANDED OVER TO THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, IS THE FIRST OF THREE TO BE BUILT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. IT IS EXPECTED TO HANDLE 4 000 CREMATIONS A YEAR.

+BEFORE IT WAS BUILT, PEOPLE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD TO MAKE USE OF EITHER THE DIAMOND HILL OR CAPE COLLINSON CREMATORIUM IN THE URBAN AREAS FOR CREMATION, MR. LEE SAID.

TO PROVIDE AN EVEN MORE CONVENIENT SERVICE, THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT PLANS TO BUILD TWO MORE CREMATORIA IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AT SHA TIN AND TUEN MUN.

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APPLICATIONS FROM URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED. MR. LEE REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT BEFORE APPLYING FOR A CREMATION SERVICE IN KWAI CHUNG CREMATORIUM, A CREMATION PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT (NT REGION) AT SAN PO KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, FIFTH FLOOR, KOWLOON.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON BOOKING PROCEDURES CAN BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING THE HUNG HOM PUBLIC FUNERAL PARLOUR 3-655321 EXT. 261 OR 271.

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