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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992

AND IS

NET OF THEIR

GDP REFLECTS HOW MUCH THE LOCAL ECONOMY HAS PRODUCED

OF ALL ACTUALLY

SUM CORRESPONDING IMPORT CONTENTS.

THE

FINAL

DEMAND

COMPONENTS

THE

ESTIMATES OF INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE COMPONENTS OF GDP FOR

AVAILABLE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 WERE UPDATED BASED ON THE LATEST DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

WAS QUARTER

3.5%,

THE REVISED OVERALL GROWTH RATE FOR THE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 3.6% RELEASED IN MARCH 1992.

BROAD MEASURE OF QUARTER

THE IMPLICIT PRICE DEFLATOR OF GDP, AS A OVERALL INFLATION IN THE ECONOMY, ROSE BY 10.3% IN THE FOURTH OF 1991 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.

FOR

A 1991 AS

WHOLE, THE IMPLICIT INCREASED BY 9.8% OVER 1990.

PRICE

DEFLATOR OF GDP

THE LATEST ESTIMATES OF QUARTERLY GDP FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF ENTITLED 1990 TO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 ARE PUBLISHED IN A REPORT "QUARTERLY ESTIMATES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, 4TH QUARTER 1991".

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TOWER CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

THE

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ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 582 5077.

THE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FIGURES ON THE GDP ESTIMATES FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH OF 1991 ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 1. REVISED 1991 ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

QUARTERS

ANNUAL GDP ESTIMATES FOR

/Table 1