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Table 2 Consumer Price Indices and Year-on-year Rates of Change for
April 1993 - April 1996
(Oct. 89
Sep. 90 100)
=
Year/month
CPI(A)
CPI(B)
Hang Seng CPI Composite CPI
Year on
Year on
-year
-year
Year-on
-year
Year-on
-year
rate of
rate of
rate of
rate of
Index
change
Index
change
Index
change
Index change
(%)
(4)
(%)
(%)
1993
April
133.5
7.7
133.9
8.5
134.5
9.5
133.9
8.5
May
134.5
8.5
134.8
8.8
136.3
9.8
135.1
8.9
June
136.0
8.6
135.9
8.7
137.1
9.5
136.3
8.8
July
135.8
8.2
136.1
8.5
136.9
9.2
136.2
8.6
August
136.3
8.5
136.6
8.5
137.4
9.2
136.7
8.7
September
138.4
7.9
138.3
8.1
139.2
9.2
138.6
8.3
October
140.0
9.0
139.6
8.7
140.7
9.4
140.0
9.0
November
139.4
8.4
139.9
8.4
142.2
9.5
140.3
8.7
December
140.4
8.6
140.9
8.5
143.3
10.2
141.3
9.0
1994
Jamiary
140.0
6.2
140.7
6.9
143.4
9.0
141.1
7.2
February
142.7
7.8
142.9
8.1
144.9
9.8
143.3
8.4
March
142.5
8.0
143.0
8.2
145.3
9.2
143.4
8.4
April
143.8
7.7
144.8
8.2
147.9
9.9
145.2
8.4
May
145.0
7.8
146.1
8.4
150.0
10.0
146.7
8.6
June
146.2
7.5
146.9
8.1
151.0
10.1
147.7
8.4
July
147.3
8.5
147.9
8.6
150.5
9.9
148.3
8.9
August
149.6
9.8
149.6
9.5
151.7
10.4
150.1
9.8
September
150.3
8.6
150.8
9.0
153.4
10.2
151.3
9.2
October
151.1
7.9
152.2
9.0
155.3
10.5
152.6
9.0
November
151.4
8.6
153.1
9.5
157.3
10.6
153.5
9.5
December
153.0
8.9
154.3
9.5
158.1
10.3
154.8
9.5
1995
January
154.1
10.1
155.3
10.4
158.2
10.3
155.6
10.3
February
155.4
8.9
156.6
9.6
159.0
9.7
156.7
9.4
March
156.1
9.5
157.4
10.0
159.7
9.9
157.5
9.8
April
157.6
9.6
159.2
9.9
162.3
9.8
159.4
9.8
May
158.1
9.1
159.9
9.5
164.2
9.5
160.4
9.3
June
159.2
8.9
161.1
9.6
165.6
9.7
161.6
9.4
July
159.8
8.5
161.5
9.2
165.7
10.1
161.9
9.2
August
162.0
8.3
163.1
9.0
166.6
9.8
163.6
9.0
September
163.7
8.9
164.5
9.1
168.5
9.8
165.2
9.2
October
163.8
8.4
165.6
8.8
170.0
9.4
166.1
8.8
November
163.8
8.2
165.8
8.3
171.2
8.9
166.5
8.4
December
163.1
6.6
165.5
7.3
170.6
7.9
165.9
7.2
1996
January
163.2
5.9
166.0
6.8
170.7
7.9 166.2
6.8
February
165.6
6.6
168.0
7.3
171.9
8.2
168.1
7.3
March
166.5
6.7
168.8
7.3
172.8
8.2
169.0
7.3
April
168.5
6.9
171.1
7.4
174.8
7.7
171.1
7.3