MONDAY, JULY 27, 1981
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JUNE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UP ONE POINT
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1981.
THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1981 WERE BOTH 117.
COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, THE NEW C.P.I. (A) INCREASED BY ONE POINT OR 0.9 PER CENT AND THE NEW C.P.I. (B) BY TWO POINTS OR 1.7 PER CENT.
THE NEW C.P.I. (A) AND NEW C.P.I. (B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. AT THAT TIME
AT THAT TIME, THE NEW C.P.I. (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE NEW C.P.I. (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR JUNE 1981 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMPONENTS OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DISTINGUISHED IN THE TWO NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1981.
SEPTEMBER 1980 - 100)
(OCTOBER 1979
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NEW C.P.I. (A)
NEW C.P.I. (B)
COMPONENT
JUNE 81 MAY 81
JUNE 81 MAY 81
FOODSTUFFS
119
116
119
116
HOUSING
112
112
113
112
FUEL AND LIGHT
136
135
137
136
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
111
111
111
110
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
115
115
115
115
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
109
108
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
109
108
109
108
TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES
129
129
126
126
SERVICES
116
115
116
115
ALL ITEMS
117
116
117
115
/THE INDEX
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