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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988

THE GROUND STATISTICS WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT, FRENCH FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS

"CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE

AT IS AVAILABLE

$3.5 PER

PER COPY FROM FOR OCTOBER 1988, WHICH GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD,

OR

SERVICES HONG KONG:

FROM THE INFORMATION MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG MAILINGS.

CONSUMER

AT

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE

THE OF

AND CENSUS

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PRICE INDEX SECTION 5-8235089.

1988, UP BY 0.4 PER

THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 125.5 IN OCTOBER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1988 AND UP BY 9.0 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1987.

PATTERN OF THE

THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE

IN

KONG HONG

THAT SPENT HOUSEHOLDS PER

OF URBAN CENT

DURING THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HK$10,000-24,999 A MONTH

10

SURVEY.

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN

THE HANG RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG

SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.

CPI

SERIES NOT FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.

SEASONALLY

ADJUSTED

ARE DERIVED FROM

SES OUTLINES PLANNING FOR HARBOUR SERVICES

PLANNING

THE

ACTIVELY

FOR KARBOUR IS NOW GOVERNMENT

TRADE GROWTH UP TO THE INFRASTRUCTURAL SERVICES TO MEET PROJECTED

CHAN, SAID YEAR 2011, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING IN

COMMISSIONED BY

KOREA THE WORLD EXPECTED CONTINUED

AT

GROUP, MRS

IN GROWTH

OF THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY

A VESSEL

WIDE

CHAN SAID HONG KONG

IN TRADE

VIEW OF THI

CONFIDENTLY INCREASING USE OF HONG KONG AS A MAJOR ENTREPOT FOR SOUTHERN CHINA.

MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT 90 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TRADE HANDLED THROUGH THE PORT.

WAS

VESSELS AND

RECORD

IN 1987, THE PORT HANDLED OVER 14,000 OCEAN-GOING 82,000 COASTAL TRADE VESSELS. CARGO THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR WAS 1 70 MILLION TONS.

/"GIVEN HONC