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TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1989,
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(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE 1001
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
INDEX FOR
SECTION
%CHANGE %CHANGE OVER JUNE 89 MAY 89
OVER JUNE 88
INDEX FOR
%CHANGE XCHANGE OVER JUNE 89 MAY 89
OVER JUNE 88
FOODSTUFFS
132.2
+2.0
+14.8
133.0
+1.8
+14.7
HOUSING
121.4
+0.4
+7.4
116.9
+0.
4
+5.8
FUEL AND LIGHT
96.0
+0.3
+1.8
96.4
+0.2
+1.5
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
133.4
+0.3
+7.3
134.4
+0.4
+7.8
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
137.3
-0.1
+9.3
140.4
-0.1
+9.7
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
122.3
-0.1
+3.1
121.6
-0.1
+3.2
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS 131.5
-0.2
+6.4
131.3
-0.1
+6.0
TRANSPORT AND
134.5
+0.2 +11.6
133.7
+0.3
+11.6
VEHICLES
SERVICES
ALL ITEMS
139.3
+1.4 +10.8
139.6
+1.1
+11.0
129.9
+1.1
+11.0
129. 3
+0.9
+10.3
BY
COMPARED WITH MAY 1989, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED 2.0 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.8 PER CENT IN CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE ΤΟ INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, LIVE POULTRY AND SALT-WATER FISH AS A RESULT OF A TEMPORARY DISRUPTION IN SUPPLY IN THE EARLY PART OF JUNE.
INCREASED DEMAND FOR SUCH ITEMS AROUND TUEN NG FESTIVAL ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRICE INCREASE. CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES WERE ALSO HIGHER.
AND
THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 1.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1 1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR TELEPHONE SERVICES, CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDICAL TREATMENT.
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ADJUSTED
FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN ONE DECIMAL PLACE.
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