TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1982
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1982
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR JANUARY 1982 WERE BOTH 125, EACH BEING TWO POINTS OR 1.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT FOR THE PRECEDING MONTH, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSÚS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY, 1981, BOTH THE CPI (A) AND CPI (B) INCREASED BY 15 POINTS OR 13.6 PER CENT.
DURING JANUARY, FOOD PRICES, HAIRDRESSING CHARGES AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES WERE RAISED BECAUSE OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE RENT OF PRIVATE DWELLINGS, IN CIGARETTE PRICES AND IN ELECTRICITY CHARGES DURING THE MONTH.
THE CPI (A) AND CPI (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 CPI (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE CPI (B) SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1981 AND JANUARY 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE - - 100)
CPI (A)
CPI (B)
SECTION
JAN. 81 DEC. 81 JAN, 82 JAN. 81 DEC. 81 JAN. 82
FOODSTUFFS
110
124
127
110
124
127
HOUSING
109
119
121
109
119
121
FUEL AND LIGHT 122
131
136
123
131
136
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO
(FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
107
118
123
107
117
122
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
109
124
123
109
125
123
DURABLE GOODS 103
108
108
104
110
109
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
106
119
119
106
116
117
TRANSPORT
AND VEHICLES
114
135
137
114
133
134
SERVICES
113
127
131
113
126
131
ALL ITEMS
110
123
125
110
123
125
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