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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1987
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER
THE 1987,
INDEX FOR
FOODSTUFFS
INCREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.6 PER CENT IN CPI(B).
RETAIL PRICES THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE
AND IN THE OF FRESH FRUIT, PORK, FRESH-WATER FISH AND LIVE POULTRY
PLACES, OTHER RATING RESTAURANTS AND IN AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS
RETAIL PRICE OF WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASE IN THE SALT-WATER FISH.
AVERAGE
RETAIL PRICES THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
OF
OTHER
FOOD
PER CENT MEN'S
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY 0.6 IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.7 PER CENT IN CPI (B) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF AND WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR.
AND
BY
PER 0.6 RESULT OF HIGHER
INCREASED VEHICLES THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.7 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS AND SCHOOL BUS FARES.
THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 3.3 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 2.9 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER SCHOOL FEES.
AND
PRICE
IN MOVEMENTS INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
OTHER
OF SECTIONS
THE
CONSUMER
PRICE
IN THIS PRESS FIGURES
REFER
CPI
ALL SPECIFIED.
PERCENTAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
THAN ONE DECIMAL CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE PLACE.
RELEASE
TO
SERIES
NOT
PRICE PER
"CONSUMER
INDEX REPORT" MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE
AT
COPY FROM THE $3.50 AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER 1987, WHICH IS
BUILDING, GROUND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE
AND STATISTICS FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS
12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT, 19/F., WANCHAI TOWER 1,
THE
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HONG MISSION
CONSUMER PRICE
BNQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES MAY BE MADE TO THE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235089.
1987. UP BY 0.7 PER THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 115.1 IN OCTOBER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1987 AND UP BY 7 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1996.
HONG
PATTERN OF THE KONG THAT SPENT HOUSEHOLD
THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE
IN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN CENT OF 10 PER
DURING THE MONTH $10,000-$24,999 A
1984/85
EXPENDITURE
SURVEY.
SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.
TIE HIANG FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN
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RESEARCH
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