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ON

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1986

SEP 85 TO AUG 8€

LAST 12 MONTHS

HK$ MN.

SEP 84 TO AUG 85 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

140 358

132 428

7 930

6.J

RE-EXPORTS

109 135

102 427

6 708

6.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

249 493

234 855

14 638

6.2

IMPORTS

251 660

229 634

22 026

9.6

TRADE BALANCE

-2 167

5 221

-7 388

с

REGISTRATION REVOKED

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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING ANNOUNCED THAT THE REGISTRATION OF SING-HO FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED AS A DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY HAS BEEN REVOKED TODAY AT ITS OWN REQUEST UNDER SECTION 31(2) OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE 1986.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1986. THE

= 100) NEW CPI(A) AND NEW CPI(B) (OCTOBER 84/SEPTEMBER 85 = FOR AUGUST 1986 WERE 103.9 AND 104.2 RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NEW CPI(A) DECREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT AND THE NEW CPI(B), BY 0.3 PER CENT.

THE 1979-80-BASED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR AUGUST 1986 WERE 164.5 AND 165.7 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 2.8 PER CENT AND 3.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER AUGUST 1985. COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, CPI(A) DECREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.3 PER CENT.

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 1986, AT 162.7 AND 163.6 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 2.9 PER CENT AND 3.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 1985.

/PRICE MOVEMENTS

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