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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1993

ANNUAL REPORT ON CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR 1992

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) FOR LAST YEAR.

THE ANNUAL

THE REPORT PROVIDES A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENTS OF THE 1989/90-BASED CPI(A), CPI(B), HANG SENG CPT AND COMPOSITE CPI IN 1992.

CHARTS AND TABLES SHOWING MOVEMENTS OF THE CPI'S AT COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTION AND GROUP LEVELS, AS WELI. AS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE INDICES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PUBLICATION.

APART FROM STATISTICS ON THE CPI'S, THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS AN ELABORATION ON THE CONCEPTS AND COMPUTATION METHOD OF THE CPI'S то HELP READERS GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND PROPER INTERPRETATION OF THE CPI'S.

THE REPORT IS A BILINGUAL PUBLICATION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE. IT IS NOW ON SALE AT $27 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.

ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 805 6403.

TENDER DATE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

TENDER RESULTS

* * * *

4 MAY 93

PAPER ON OFFER

ISSUE NUMBER

AMOUNT APPLIED

AMOUNT ALLOTTED

AVERAGE YIELD ACCEPTED

HIGHEST YIELD ACCEPTED

PRO RATA RATIO

AVERAGE TENDER YIELD

EF BILLS

Q318

HK$5,115 MN

HK$1,000 MN

2.76 PCT

2.76 PCT

ABOUT 74 PCT

2.80 PCT

HONG KONG