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APPENDICES
1989/90-based Hang Seng Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1989-Sep. 1990 = 100)
Annual average
Annual-rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1994
1995
1994
1995
All items
100.00
150.7
165.1
10.0
9.6
Food
25.95
145.3
155.4
8.3
6.9
Meals bought away from home
(16.37)
152.3
162.4
10.1
6.7
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(9.58)
133.3
143.2
4.9
7.4
Housing
29.48
172.4
195.9
14.6
13.6
Fuel and light
1.76
124.0
132.0
3.8
6.4
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
0.88
172.0
181.9
6.1
5.8
Clothing and footwear
8.81
149.0
164.7
9.1
10.5
Durable goods
5.86
117.4
122.4
2.9
4.3
Miscellaneous goods
5.64
127.3
135.1
5.5
6.1
Transport
7.89
145.6
156.0
8.3
7.1
Miscellaneous services
13.73
144.5
156.9
9.2
8.5
Note: The Hang Seng CPI covers about 10% of households with a monthly expenditure of between $17,500 and $37,499 in the base period 1989/90.
1989/90-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1989-Sep. 1990 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1994
1995
1994
1995
All items
100.00
148.2
161.7
8.8
9.1
Food
35.07
142.9
153.1
6.8
7.1
Meals bought away from home
(19.45)
• 151.7
162.2
8.2
6.9
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(15.62)
132.0
141.8
4.8
7.4
Housing
24.06
168.1
190.1
12.6
13.1
Fuel and light
2.51
124.0
133.2
3.5
7.4
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.74
180.8
191.7
5.8
6.1
Clothing and footwear
6.66
142.2
155.9
9.0
9.6
Durable goods
5.24
113.8
118.6
2.9
4.2
Miscellaneous goods
5.82
129.8
137.9
6.2
6.3
Transport
7.52
146.5
157.4
8.9
7.4
Miscellaneous services
11.38
152.5
168.2
10.7
10.3
Note: The Composite CPI covers all households of the CPI(A), CPI(B) and the Hang Seng CPI.
Source: Census and Statistics Department.