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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1993

ABROAD, ARE ALSO WANT TO APPLY FOR A

HONG KONG BDTCS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING REQUIRED TO OBSERVE THE CUT-OFF DATES IF THEY BN (0) PASSPORT.

HOWEVER, THEY

KONG HONG

TO APPLICATIONS

THE IN PERSON. FROM THOSE

FOR

ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RETURN TO

SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR THEIR APPLICATIONS. THEY NEAREST BRITISH PASSPORT ISSUING OFFICE EITHER BY POST OR THE REQUIRED OVERSEAS APPLICATION FORMS ARE OBTAINABLE OFFICES.

TO ENSURE THAT ALL ELIGIBLE PERSONS ARE AWARE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE CUT-OFF DATES, AN INTENSIVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN LAUNCHED BOTH IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS.

PANEL

HAVE

BEEN

THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONSIDERING SETTING UP AN APPEAL LATE TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THOSE

APPLICATIONS WHICH REJECTED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

AS PROVIDED BY THE 1993 ORDER, PERSONS WHO ARE NATURALISED OR REGISTERED AS HONG KONG BDTCS AFTER THEIR RESPECTIVE CUT-OFF DATES WILL BE GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS WITHIN WHICH THEY

APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AS BN (0)S.

MAY

TO ENSURE THAT ALL BN(0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS CAN BE FINALISED BEFORE 1997, THE ORDER ALSO PRESCRIBES THAT APPLICATIONS FOR NATURALISATION AND REGISTRATION AS HONG KONG BDTCS MUST BE MADE ON BEFORE MARCH 31, 1996. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

OR

CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR JUNE

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THAN IN

TODAY

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) IN JUNE WAS 8.6% HIGHER

то LAST SAME

YEAR, MONTH

ACCORDING

RELEASED FIGURES (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THIS WAS NEARLY THE SAME AS THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE OF

8.5%

IN MAY.

MR

COMMENTING ON THE LATEST CPI FIGURES, THE FINANCIAL HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION HAD

RECENT MONTHS.

RAPID

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It

SECRETARY,

STABILISED IN

'ALTHOUGH FOOD PRICES HAD RISEN FASTER IN JUNE, THERE WERE LESS ENCOURAGING PRICE INCREASES FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS, IT IS

THAT

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THE MODERATION IN CONSUMER NARROWLY BASED, HE SAID.

PRICE INFLATION

WAS NOT

8.5%

"THE YEAR-ON-YEAR RATE OF INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) AVERAGED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1993. THIS IS LOWER THAN OUR FORECAST OF 9.5% FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE" HE ADDED.

/THE CPI(B)