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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1988

A RESULT

PRICES

THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS INCREASED BY 1.0 PER CENT IN CPI(A)

CPI (B) AS

OF HIGHER

OF AND BY 0.8 PER CENT ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, WATCHES, CAMERAS AND OPTICAL GOODS.

PRICE

IN

IN MOVEMENTS

OTHER

SECTIONS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE

INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

CPI SERIES NOT FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN ONE DECIMAL PLACE.

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE

FOR JANUARY 1988.

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ARE DERIVED FROM

"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT"

THIS REPORT IS AVAILABLE AT $3.50 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT

GENERAL POST OFFICE

FLOOR, BUILDING, PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,

GROUND

PLACE,

KONG CONNAUGHT

HONG

OR FROM THE

AND CENSUS

STATISTICS ROAD, WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR HONG

FRENCH OR FROM

SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE INFORMATION

FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG MAILINGS.

KONG:

CONSUMER PRICE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES MAY BE MADE TO THE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235089.

DOWN BY 0.3 PER OVER JANUARY

THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 116.3 IN JANUARY 1988, CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1987 AND UP BY 7.3 PER CENT 1987.

PATTERN OF THE THAT SPENT

EXPENDITURE

THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE 10 PER CENT OF

HOUSEHOLDS URBAN MONTH $10,000-$24,999 A

THE DURING

KONG IN HONG 1984-85 HOUSEHOLD

SURVEY.

THE HANG FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN

RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG CPI REPORT 158UED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.

AG TO ATTEND WASHINGTON CONFERENCE

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL., MR MICHAEL THOMAS,

WILL LEAVE FOR

WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY (MARCH 1) TO ATTEND THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA.

HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK ON HONG KONG'S EFFORTS DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING AT A FORUM TO

BE HELD ON

ΤΟ COMBAT WEDNESDAY

AND

THURSDAY.

/THE FORUM