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APPENDICES
1994/95-based Hang Seng Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994-Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1996
1996
All items
100.00
108.7
6.6
Food
20.38
104.8
3.5
Meals bought away from home
(14.15)
104.4
3.2
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(6.23)
105.7
4.0
Housing
34.00
114.8
11.2
Fuel and light
1.50
107.2
5.9
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
0.77
106.8
5.4
Clothing and footwear
8.04
106.3
4.6
Durable goods
6.31
103.1
2.1
Miscellaneous goods
5.79
103.4
2.5
Transport
8.79
107.6
6.0
Miscellaneous services
14.42
106.4
5.0
Note: The Hang Seng CPI covers about 10% of households with a monthly expenditure of between $30,000 and $59,999 in the base period 1994/95.
1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994-Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1996
1996
All items
100.00
108.3
6.3
Food
29.50
105.5
3.9
Meals bought away from home
(18.16)
105.6
3.9
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(11.34)
105.4
3.9
Housing
28.83
113.3
10.1
Fuel and light
2.36
106.8
5.3
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.35
107.3
5.7
Clothing and footwear
6.66
110.2
8.3
Durable goods
5.49
102.8
1.9
Miscellaneous goods
6.14
103.5
2.7
Transport
7.77
108.0
6.2
Miscellaneous services
11.90
107.9
6.1
Note: The Composite CPI covers all households of the CPI(A), CPI(B) and the Hang Seng CPI.