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THE SIMPLEST WAY OF INTERPRETING THE
SERVICES USUALLY FIXED BASKET OF GOODS AND HOUSEHOLD IN A PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE GROUP.
INDEX 19 TO IMAGINE A BOUGHT BY THE AVERAGE
USED FOR
CONTINUES то REFLECT
"FROM TIME TO TIME, THE BASKET OF GOODS AND SERVICES COMPILING THE CPI IS REVISED TO ENSURE THAT IT CURRENT CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,
IN
HONG
KONG,
HE SAID.
THREE
DIFFERENT CPI
ARE SERIES
CURRENTLY CPI. EACH OF THESE
PUBLISHED, NAMELY, CPL(A). CPIB AND HANG SENG
THE 1984-85 CPI SERIES IS APPLICABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE MONTHLY EXPENDITURES FELL
OF RESULTS THE WITHIN A PARTICULAR RANGE ACCORDING TO HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
AND IN
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS CPI(A) AND CPIB) ARE COMPILED BY
$2,000 BETWEEN SPENDING TO HOUSEHOLDS
RESPECTIVELY DEPARTMENT. THEY REFER $6,499 A MONTH AND BETWEEN $6,500 AND 39,999 A MONTH 1984-85.
HANG SENG
CPI
WHICH COVERS
THE HANG SENG BANK COMPILES THE HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $10,000 AND $24,999 A MONTH IN 1984-85.
CENSUS
BY THE
AND THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IS JOINTLY CONDUCTED
IT IS EXPECTED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE HANG SENG BANK LTD AND THAT THE NEW INDEX SERIES WILL BE PUBLISHED BY LATE APRIL 1991.
OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF ABOUT 8,000 ADDRESSES IN THE URBAN AREAS
HAS BEEN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY.
MEMBERS OF
WILL HOUSEHOLDS THESE
BE ASKED
PROVIDE
ΤΟ KEEP DAILY RECORDS OF THEIR EXPENDITURE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND TO INFORMATION ON OTHER HOUSEHOLD PARTICULARS.
OTHER EVERY
OF BATCH THE FIRST SENT TO
IN THE SURVEY. TO PARTICIPATE
WEEK TO
REMAINING THE
SELECTED
SIMILAR
BATCHES
BEEN HAVE LETTERS
LETTERS WILL BE
SENT
HOUSEHOLDS REQUESTING THEM
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
ABOUT
WEEK ONE
HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED, OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND OF THE HANG SENG BANK WILL CALL ON THE SELECTED REQUIREMENT OF
AFTER THE
LETTERS
IN SURVEY THE
то HOUSEHOLDS
DETAIL. THESE
TO
THEM THE EXPLAIN
CARRY WILL OFFICERS
IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE BANK.
"THE QUESTIONNAIRES
DESIGNED ARE
HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WILL NEED TO SPEND COMPLETE THE
A IN SUCH
FEW MINUTES
WAY
A THAT A DAY TO ONLY A
THE DURING EXPENDITURES DAILY
RECORDING
"
TWO-WEEK PERIOD,
OF HIS/HER MR MOK SAID.
OUTSIDE NORMAL HOUSEHOLDS.
IF REQUIRED, INTERVIEWING OFFICERS WILL
THE TO SUIT HOURS OFFICE
BE NEEDS
TO PREPARED
OF INDIVIDUAL
WORK
THE PARTICIPATING