WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991
1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY
AND THE REBASING OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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A DETAILED REPORT ENTITLED "1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND THE REBASING OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES" WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE HANG SENG BANK IN THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990.
INDEXRS
WERE
PRICE BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS, THE CONSUMER REBASED. THE NEW SERIES OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE APRIL 1991.
THE REPORT GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE OBJECTIVE, DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY OF THE 1989/90 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
AN ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS AND DETAILED TABLES SHOWING THE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT.
THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS CONCEPTS AND METHODS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES AND THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE 1989/90-BASED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SERIES.
$56 PER THE REPORT, WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE AT
COPY, CAN BR PURCHASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAJ TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
CONCERNING ENQUIRIES
THE REPORT CAN BE
ΤΟ DIRECTED
THE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 805 6420.
A CHINESE VERSION OF THE REPORT WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED SOON.
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