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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1988
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988, THE INDEX FOR BY 1.4 PER CENT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).
FOODSTUFFS INCREASED
RETAIL PRICES
AND IN THE AVERAGE
THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUIT AND MOON-CAKES CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES.
THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 0.6 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME AND PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS.
AND PUBLIC
AND THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 3.7 PER CENT IN CPI(A)
HIGHER SCHOOL ΤΟ
FEES AND TEXTBOOK BY 3.2 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE PRICES.
SERIES NOT
(FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.)
ADJUSTED SEASONALLY
ARE DERIVED FROM
INDEX REPORT" COPY FROM THE GROUND
"CONSUMER PRICE MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE FOR SEPTEMBER 1988, WHICH 18 AVAILABLE AT $3.50 PER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,
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SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FRENCH MISSION INFORMATION KONG; OR FROM THE BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
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OF
AND
STATISTICS
UP BY 1.2 PBR THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 125.0 IN SEPTEMBER 1988, UP CENT OVER AUGUST 1988 AND UP BY 9.4 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1987.
THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE
10 PER CENT OF URBAN HK$10,000-24,999 A MONTH
KONG HONG
HOUSEHOLD
PATTERN OF THE THAT SPENT
EXPENDITURE
IN HOUSEHOLDS DURING THE 1984/85
SURVEY.
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN
SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.
THE HANG RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG
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