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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1994

WITH DECEMBER 1993, THE CPI(A) AND

COMPARING JANUARY 1994 CPI (B) DECREASED BY 0.3% AND 0. 1% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THIS COMPARISON COULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS.

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 7.8% AND 8.0% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993.

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994, THE CPI(A) AND WERE,

ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.2% AND 8.4% RESPECTIVELY THAN PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.

CPI (B) IN THE

THE

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CPI'S. DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.1% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994.

HOWEVER, THESE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FIGURES MAY NOT HAVE TAKEN ADEQUATE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR JANUARY 1994, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $16.5 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT

THE PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION CRNSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,

OF

BUILDING,

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FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS, CONTACT SHOULD BE MADE WITH

SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG.

THE

FRENCH MISSION

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDICES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER

SECTION INDEX

OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

ON

PRICE 805 6403.

REPORT

LTD.

DETAILS OF THE HANG SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE HANG SENG CPI

SENG ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG

BANK

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