Article 12
Article
Position in Hong Kong
Consumer price indices shall be
computed in order to measure variationg over time in the prices of 1 temo representative of the consumption patterns of significant population groups or of the total population.
The c.rent CPI series published in Hong Kong use the period October 1984 to September 1985 au base, which is the period when
last HES Wal conducted. Based On the similarity of expenditure patterns of the households covered in the HES, three different CP15, namely CPI(A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI. were demarcated a6 referring to households spending between HK$2,000 and HK$6,499, HK$6,500 and FIK $9,999, and K$10,000 and HK$24,999 a month respectively in 1984/85. Each OPI series measures the change in the cost of a constant baske: of goods and services commonly purchased by the corresponding Index population in a specified time period.
Thes: goode and Bervices are organized into 912 items, 254 sub-groups, then 94 groups and finally 9 sections. The 912 1 teme are selected with reference to the results of the 1984/85 HS and are representative of the consumption patterns of the respective population groups covered by the index. The price data of the pre-selected commodity/service itemo are collected by personal visits or telephone enquiries from different types of retail outlets throughout the territory, except the remote areas. For each commodity item, the price data in respect of those brands which are relatively more popular ar: collected.
Article 13
Statistics of household
or,
where
expenditure or, appropriate, family expenditure and, where possible, household Income
where appropriate, family income shall be compiled covering all types and sizes of private households or families, and in such
as to be representative of the country as a hole.
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The statistic6 on domestic household included in the General Household Survey are broken down into :
(1) the number of persons in the household;
(11) rent; and
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