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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1993

COMPARING APRIL 1993 WITH MARCH 1993, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY 1.1% AND 1.3% RESPECTIVELY. THIS COMPARISON WAS, HOWEVER, AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS.

FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE CPI(A) AND WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.5% AND 9.1% RESPECTIVELY THAN CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1993, THE CPI(A) AND WERE,

ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.9% AND 9.4% RESPECTIVELY THAN PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.

CPI(B) IN THE

CPI (B)

IN THE

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE INDICES. THE DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE

OF 0.5% AND 0.6% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1993.

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR APRIL 1993, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $12 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG

KONG.

FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS, CONTACT SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG.

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

HANG

OF

HANG

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

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