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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1987

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GREEN PAPER TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER WEEKENDS

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THE SHA TIN

TO ENABLE MORE PEOPLE TO OBTAIN THE GREEN PAPER,

THE DOCUMENT AT DISTRICT OFFICE WILL SET UP A COUNTER TO DISTRIBUTE THE KCR SHA TIN STATION DURING WEEKENDS BEGINNING TOMORROW (JUNE 27).

THE DISTRIBUTION COUNTER W)*.L SATURDAYS AND FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM ON SUNDAYS. IT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE LOBBY AREA BETWEEN THE KCR STATION PLAZA.

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OPEN

FROM

1

PM

ΤΟ

6 PM ON CONVENIENTLY AND THE NEW TOWN

SAID

ABOUT

20 STAFF

WOULD

BE

SPOKESMAN A DISTRICT OFFICE MOBILISED TO MAN THE COUNTER ON SHIFTS.

GREEN

PAPER CAN

BE OBTAINED

DURING WEEKDAYS, COPIES OF THE DURING OFFICE HOURS AT THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, KCR HOUSE, SHA TIN STATION AND ITS ENQUIRY CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, KCR HOUSE,

MAY CONSUMER PRICE INDICES RELEASED

CF1(B) THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI){A) AND NEW 1987 WERE 108.4 AND 108.7 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF

MAY

ACCORDING PER CENT AND 5.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

FOR

MAY

5.3

1986,

TO

WITH COMPARED

BE AFFECTED

THAT THIS MIND IN BEARING AND APRIL 1987

NEW THE

CPI(A) SEASONAL BY

FACTORS,

COMPARISON MAY INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT AND THE NEW CP1(B), BY 0.5 PER CENT.

AND AVERAGE NEW CPI(B) THE AVERAGE NEW CPI(A) MONTHS ENDED MAY 1987 WERE 105.6 AND 105.9 RESPECTIVELY,

THE FOR

12

SEASONALLY AVERAGE RATE

PERIOD ENDING MAY 1987, THE DURING THE THREE MONTH ADJUSTED NEW CPI(A) AND NEW (PI(B} BOTH INCREASED AT AN OF 0.7 PER CENT PER MONTH.

DURING

MAY, RETAIL

PRICES

OF FRESH

LIVE FRUIT,

POULTRY,

EATING

APPLIANCES SALT-WATER FISH AND CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER

JEWELLERY, ELECTRICAL PLACES INCREASED. RETAIL PRICES OF

ELAND, RETAIL AND OUTERCLOTHING ALSO WENT UP. TRANSPORT CHARGES ALSO INCREASED AS A

OTHER KOR. ON THE RESULT OF HIGHER CARES OF MTR AND PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECREASED.

THE NEW