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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1985

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THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS ROSE BY 0.8 POINT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF FRESH FLOWERS AROUND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR,

THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES WENT UP BY 2,1 POINTS IN CPI(A) AND 1.5 POINTS IN CPI(B) DUE TO INCREASE FARES FOR BUS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS, HIGHER PRICE OF GASOLINE, AND HIGHER FEES FOR DRIVING AND VEHICLES LICENCES.

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 3.2 POINTS IN CPI(A) AND 3.0 POINTS IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, FOR PACKAGE TOURS AND FOR ADMISSION TO NIGHT CLUBS AND DISCOTHEQUES AROUND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, AND FOR ADMISSION TO AMUSEMENT PARKS.

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

(NOTE: FIGURES REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES.)

DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1985, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG, OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, 19TH FLOOR, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES MAY BE MADE WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE 3-7216512.

PREPARING YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE

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THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD IS TAKING A CRITICAL LOOK AT HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' BUTTERFLY CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN TUEN MUN, HE SAID THAT OF THE 250 000 POPULATION IN TUEN MUN, 21 PER CENT WERE AGED BETWEEN 6 AND 15.

+THIS SECTOR OF THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO GROW TO NEARLY 25 PER CENT OF THE PROJECTED TOTAL OF 400 000 IN FIVE YEARS' TIME,- DR HAYES SAID.

/+THE TASK