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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF EGGS AND RICE, AND OF MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS. THE EFFECTS OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
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AS A RESULT OF INCREASES IN RENTS FOR PRIVATE DWELLINGS THE INDEX FOR THE HOUSING COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY FIVE POINTS.
THE INDEX FOR THE FUEL AND LIGHT COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY 20 POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY 18 POINTS, FEFLECTING THE FULL IMPACT OF THE RISES IN THE PRICES OF KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SINCE JANUARY AS
ELL AS THE HIGHER CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY.
THE INDEX FOR THE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO COMPONENT P(A) INCREASED BY SIX POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY VE POINTS, REFLECTING THE FULL IMPACT OF THE RISE IN THE RICE OF CIGARETTES SINCE JANUARY.
HIGHER PRICES FOR WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR AS WELL AS HIGHER TAILORING CHARGES CAUSED THE INDEX FOR THE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR COMPONENT IN
TO INCREASE BY ONE POINT. THE INDEX FOR THIS COMPONENT IN CPI (8) REMAINED UNCHANGED BECAUSE OF ROUND ING.
THE ONE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR THE DURABLE GOODS COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR CROCKERY, EARTHENWARE, HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY AND CUTLERY.
THE INDEX FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS GOODS COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY TWO POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY THREE POINTS AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR PERIODICALS, SOFT FURNISHINGS, TOILET REQUISITES, FRESH FLOWERS, SOAP AND DETERGENTS.
FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE INDEX FOR THE TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES COMPONENT IN BOTH CPI (A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY SIX POINTS.
THE INDEX FOR THE SERVICES COMPONENT IN CPI (A) INCREASED BY THREE POINTS AND THAT IN CPI (B) BY TWO POINTS DUE TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS THE TRADITIONAL INCREASE IN HAIRDRESSING CHARGES IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR FEBRUARY 1991, WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE.