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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1983

ORDER OF ST JOHN

COMMANDER MR STANLEY HO

OFFICER (BROTHER) MR SIU KAM-PING

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SERVING BROTHER MR PETER P.F. CHAN

MR LEO LEE TUNG-HAI

MR CHAN CHI-YIN

MR CHOW CHUN-YIN

MR FUNG KAN

MR LAI HON-KWAN

DR WATT KWONG-KEE

MR YUEN YAT-MING

SERVING SISTER :

MISS KWOK SUK-CHUN

MISS WINNIE YU YUET-WAH

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER

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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 WERE 146 AND 145 RESPECTIVELY, EACH BEING THREE POINTS OR 2.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TODAY (MONDAY).

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1982, CPI(A) ROSE BY 14 POINTS OR

10.6 PER CENT AND CPI(B) BY 13 POINTS OR 9.8 PER CENT.

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN SEPTEMBER 1983, BOTH THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.8 PER CENT EACH MONTH.

DURING SEPTEMBER, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND PORK, WERE HIGHER. CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND PRICES OF ELECTRICAL DURABLES ALSO WENT UP.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 30 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE 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 FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1983 AND SEPTEMBER 1982.

/(OCTOBER 1979