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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1994

THE

ON THE OTHER HAND, RELATIVELY FASTER PRICE INCREASES THAN OVERALL AVERAGE WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR (14.9% IN THE CPI(A) AND 15.8% IN THE CPI (B)); HOUSING (11.9% AND 13.1%); MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES (11.7% AND 10.7%); TRANSPORT (9.4% AND AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS (9.2% AND 7.9%).

9.3%);

COMPARING OCTOBER 1994 WITH SEPTEMBER 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED BY 0.5% AND 0.9% RESPECTIVELY.

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.8% AND 9.2% RESPECTIVELY OVER A YEAR EARLIER.

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) WERE.

AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.1% AND 8.4% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.

ON

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CPIS. DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF AND 1.0% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 1994.

THE 0.8%

FURTHER DETAILS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1-2 AND CHARTS 1-4.

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR OCTOBER 1994, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $16.5 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAT 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 AT 805 6403. DETAILS REGARDING 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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