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THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATIOANS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/60 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CPI (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE CPI (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME,
THE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1982 AND DECEMBER 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE
100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
SECTION DEC. 81
NOV. 82 DEC. 82
DEC. 81 NOV. 82 DEC. 82
FOODSTUFFS
124
138
138
124
138
139
HOUSING
119
129
131
119
129
130
FUEL AND
131
140
140
131
140
140
LIGHT
ALCOHOL IC
118
125
127
117
124
126
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
124
137
136
125
137
136
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS 108
108
108
110
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS 119
126
127
116
125
126
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND 135
145
145
133
146
146
VEHICLES
SERVICES
127
140
141
126
139
141
ALL ITEMS
123
134
135
123
134
135
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR CP (A) AND INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN CPI (B). THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES WENT UP AS A RESULT OF STRONG DEMAND DURING THE MONTH. RISES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH-WATER FISH AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUITS DECREASED.
/THE INDEX.