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ON THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, AND SPECIFICALLY REACTIVATION OF TAI A CHAU, MR ASPREY SAID CONSTRUCTION WAS ALMOST FINISHED AND HE EXPECTED THAT THE CAMP WOULD BE READY FOR OCCUPATION BY THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER.

"THAT'S THE LATEST ESTIMATE AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO STICK TO IT, HE ADDED.

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"POLICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER AS

QUITE THEY ARE ANYWHERE ELSE IN HONG KONG, AND I AM

CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT PRESENCE AND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO JOB."

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER PUBLISHED

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR OCTOBER 1990.

THE

CPI (A) AND CPI(B) (OCT. 84 SEP. 85 = 100) FOR OCTOBER 1990, AT 146.4 AND 145.8 RESPECTIVELY, WERE BOTH 10.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN OCTOBER 1989.

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THE DOUBLE-DIGIT RATES OF INCREASE IN THE MONTH FOR BOTH INDEXES WERE PARTLY DUE TO THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF THE INCREASE IN THE PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AS WELL AS THE REVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING RENTALS IN RECENT MONTHS.

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THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1990 WERE 9.4 PER CENT AND 9.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY FOR CPI(A), 9.6 PER CENT AND 9.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY FOR CPI(B).

CPI (A)

FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1990, THE AVERAGE AVERAGE CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED BY 9.5 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1989.

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A YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, THE FASTER RATES OF INCREASE CPI(A) IN OCTOBER 1990 WERE RECORDED IN THE INDEXES FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION), FUEL AND LIGHT, TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES, AND SERVICES AT 18.3 PER CENT, 17.7 PER CENT, 14.0 CENT AND 13.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE FOR THE SAME COMPONENTS THE CPI(B) WERE 18.1 PER CENT, 16.1 PER CENT, 14.7 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST WEIGHTING THE OVERALL INDEX, INCREASED BY 9.8 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 10.2 PER CENT IN CPI(B).

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