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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1992

FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS CPI(B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 9.4% AND THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1991.

YEAR, THE CPI(A) AND THE 9.6% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED JULY 1992, BOTH THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI (B)

WERE,

ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 10.2% THAN IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTH PERIOD.

THE

The

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE INDICES. DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.5% AND 0.6% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 1992.

DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR JULY 1992, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $9 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDICES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 805 6403.

DETAILS OF THE HANG SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.

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