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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1983

PRESS CONFERENCE ON EASTERN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN

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THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT ANTI-NARCOTICS CAMPAIGN WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 28) AT 3 PM IN THE GIS THEATRE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF BEACONSFIELD HOUSE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A THREE-WEEK INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD FROM MARCH 4 TO 28.

MRS ANITA CHAN LAT-LING, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE WILL CHAIR THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER WITH MR KARL STUMPF CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE, ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS. ALSO ATTENDING WILL BE MR C.M. LEUNG, ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS MR LUI HAU-TUEN, DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN) MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (EASTERN) AND MR MATTHEW MA, PRESIDENT OF LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CONFERENCE.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JANUARY

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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JANUARY 1983 WERE BOTH 135, THE SAME AS IN THE PRECEDING MONTH, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1982, BOTH CP1(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED BY TEN POINTS OR EIGHT PER CENT. DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN JANUARY 1983, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) ROSE 0.6 PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), 0.5 PER CENT.

DURING JANUARY, PRIVATE DWELLING RENTALS, ELECTRICITY RATES, TELEPHONE CHARGES AND CHARGES FOR MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS INCREASED. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUIT DECLINED.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, DERIVED FROM THE 1979-80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI(A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE CPI(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.

/THE INDEXES