FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
IT ALSO INCLUDES
31
SHOWING
THREE CHARTS AND SEVEN TABLES MOVEMENTS OF BOTH THE 1984/85-BASED AND THE 1989/90-BASED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BY SECTION AND BY GROUP OF COMMODITY/SERVICE, AS WELL AS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE INDICES.
THE REPORT IS PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
APART FROM STATISTICS ON THE CPIS, IT CONTAINS A DETAILED ELABORATION ON THE CONCEPTS AND COMPUTATION METHOD OF THE CPIS, HELPING READERS OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THE INDICES.
THE REPORT, AT HK$26 A COPY, IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES ON THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 805 6403.
YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO PROMOTE METRIC SCALES IN MARKETS
IN
THE METRICATION COMMITTEE WILL SET UP METRIC SCALE COUNTERS EIGHT PUBLIC MARKETS FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) ON FOUR CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
"WE WELCOME CUSTOMERS AND STALL HOLDERS TO VISIT THE METRIC SCALE COUNTERS AND USE THE METRIC SCALES," THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, DR JAMES WU MAN-HON, SAID.
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THIS IS PART OF THE 1992/93 PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE WHICH FOCUSES ON THE USE OF METRIC UNITS AT THE RETAIL LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN THE SALE OF PERISHABLES IN MARKETS AND SUPERMARKETS," HE SAID.
THE COUNTERS WILL BE OPEN DURING THE BUSIEST TRADING HOURS FROM 9 AM TO 11.30 AM ON THE DATES AND IN THE VENUES AS FOLLOWS:
DATE
MARKET
MAY 9 AND 10
MAY 16 AND 17
MAY 23 AND 24
PO ON ROAD, CHEUNG SHA WAN FA YUEN STREET, MONG KOK
SHATIN MARKET AT CENTRE STREET YEUNG UK ROAD, TSUEN WAN
SAI WAN HO, EASTERN DISTRICT BOWRINGTON ROAD, WAN CHAI
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