XN000022-1987-07-24 — Page 3

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1987

NEVERTHELESS, MOTORCYCLES,

INDUSTRIAL TRACTORS AND LAND TRACTORS ARE WARNING DEVICE RULE AS THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT REQUIRED WITH DIRECTION INDICATORS.

PEDESTRIAN-CONTROLLED VEHICLES, EXEMPTED FROM THE HAZARD TO BE FITTED

ENQUIRIES ON THE NEW REQUIREMENTS CAN BE MADE AT 5-200933,

CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR JUNE 1987

THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A)

(B) FOR JUNE 1987 WERE

109.8

AND

AND NEW CONSUMER 109.9 RESPECTIVELY, PER CENT RESPECTIVELY 1986, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

INCREASES OF 5.8 PER CENT AND 5.5

PRICE INDEX

REPRESENTING OVER JUNE

COMPARED

WITH

1987 MAY

BY AFFECTED

AND BEARING SEASONAL

IN MIND THAT

THE NEW FACTORS,

THIS CPI(A)

BE COMPARISON MAY INCREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B), BY 1.1 PER CENT.

CPI(B) NEW AND AVERAGE THE AVERAGE NEW CPI(A) MONTHS ENDING JUNE 1987 WERE 106.1 AND 106.4 RESPECTIVELY.

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

FOR THE 12

THE SEASONALLY AVERAGE RATE

FOR MEALS IN ELECTRICAL

DURING JUNE, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH AND FRESH FRUIT WERE HIGHER. CHARGES

PLACES EATING OTHER RESTAURANTS APPLIANCES ALSO WENT UP. ON THE OTHER HAND, FOOTWEAR SLIGHTLY DECREASED.

AND

AND

OF PRICES

OF PRICES

CLOTHING

AND

EXPENDITURE OF URBAN

THE NEW CPI(A) AND THE NEW CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE

AND 30

RESPECTIVELY, PER CENT, PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT

FROM THE 1984/85 WERE DERIVED HOUSEHOLDS IN

WHICH KONG, HONG

THE NEW CPI(A) HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

TO REFERS

SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.

HOUSEHOLDS

AND THE NEW

/CHANGES IN