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ON THE OTHER HAND, RELATIVELY FASTER PRICE INCREASES THAN THE OVERALL AVERAGE WERE RECORDED FOR HOUSING (11.8% IN THE CPI(A) AND 12.7% IN THE CPI(B)); MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES (11.8% AND 10.8%); CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR (10.6% AND 11.2%); AND TRANSPORT (9.4% AND 9.3%).
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1994 WITH AUGUST 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED BY 0.5% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY.
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.9% AND 9.1% RESPECTIVELY THAN QUARTER LAST YEAR.
IN THE
WERE + SAME
FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 1994, THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) WERE, ON AVERAGE, HIGHER BY 8.2% AND 8.4% RESPECTIVELY THAN IN THE PRECEDING 12-MONTH PERIOD.
THE
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED SERIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE CPIS. DESEASONALISED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.8% AND 0.9% RESPECTIVELY PER MONTH DURING THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 1994.
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR SEPTEMBER 1994, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $16.5 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.
FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS, CONTACT SHOULD BE MADE WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG.
FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDICES, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 805 6403. DETAILS REGARDING THE HANG SENG CPI ARE CONTAINED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.
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