FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1981
APRIL CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1981. THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX (A) AND THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR APRIL 1981 WERE BOTH 114, EACH BEING 1 POINT OR 0.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
THE NEW CPI (A) AND NEW CPI (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
AT THAT TIME, THE NEW CPI (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE NEW CPI (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1981 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMPONENTS OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTINGUISHED IN THE TWO NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979
SEPTEMBER 1980 - 100)
NEW C.P.I. (A)
NEW C.P.I. (B)
COMPONENT
APR. 81 MAR. 81
APR. 81 MAR. 81
FOODSTUFFS
115
115
115
115
HOUSING
112
109
112
109
FUEL AND LIGHT
135
135
136
136
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
111
111
110
110
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
109
111
108
111
DURABLE GOODS
107
105
107
105
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
108
107
108
107
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
123
115
122
116
SERVICES
115
114
115
114
ALL ITEMS
114
113
114
113
THE INDEX FOR THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT IN BOTH NEW CPI (A) AND NEW CPI (B) REMAINED UNCHANGED BECAUSE OF ROUNDING.
REDUCTIONS WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, EGGS AND SALT-WATER FISH.
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