FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1982
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1981
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1981.
THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR DECEMBER 1981 WERE BOTH 123. IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE OF THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE NEW C.P.1.(A) DECREASED BY 1 POINT OR 0.8 PER CENT AND THE NEW C.P.I.(B) REMAINED UNCHANGED. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1980, BOTH THE NEW C.P.I.(A) AND C.P.I.(B) INCREASED BY 15 POINTS OR 13.9 PER CENT EACH.
DURING DECEMBER LAST YEAR, DECREASES IN PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND IN ELECTRICITY CHARGES WERE OFFSET TO AN EXTENT BY INCREASES IN OTHER COMMODITY PRICES AND SERVICE CHARGES.
THE NEW C.P.I.(A) AND 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, THE NEW C.P.I.(A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLD SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 À MONTH AND THE NEW C.P.I.(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1981 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1981 AND DECEMBER 1980.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE = 100)
NEW C.P.I.(A)
NEW C.P.I.(B)
SECTION
DEC. 80 NOV. 81 DEC. 81 DEC. 80 NOV. 81 DEC.81
FOODSTUFFS
108
126
124
108
126
124
HOUSING
106
119
119
105
119
119
FUEL AND LIGHT
113
135
131
113
136
131
ALCOHOL IC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)104
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
117
118
104
117
117
110
124
124
109
125
125
/DURABLE GOODS
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