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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1982
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1982
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1982 WERE BOTH 130, EACH BEING 1 POINT OR 0.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TODAY.
COMPARED WITH JUNE LAST YEAR, BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.. (B) INCREASED BY 13 POINTS OR 11.1 PER CENT.
DURING THE MONTH, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, SALT-WATER FISH AND MEALS BOUGHT IN RESTAURANTS, TRANSPORT FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES WERE HIGHER.
THE C.P.1. (A) AND C.P.I. (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 C.P.I. (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE C.P.I. (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1982 AND JUNE 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE - 100)
C.P.I. (A)
C.P.I. (B)
SECTION
JUNE 81 MAY 82 JUNE 82 JUNE 81
MAY 82 JUNE 82
FOODSTUFFS
119
133
135
119
133 135
HOUSING
112
124
124
113
124 124
FUEL AND LIGHT
136
133
133
137
134
134
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO (FOR
111
124
124
111
123
123
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR 115
131
132
115
132
132
DURABLE GOODS
108
109
108
109
111
110
MISCELLANEOUS
109
121
121
109
118
117
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
129
139
140
126
138
141
VEHICLES
SERVICES
116
133
134
116
132
133
ALL ITEMS
117
129
130
117
129
130
THE INDEX FOR