FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1982
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1982
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1982. THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR MARCH 1982 WERE 127 AND 126 RESPECTIVELY, EACH BEING THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE PRECEDING MONTH.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1981, CPI (A) INCREASED BY 14 POINTS OR 12.4 PER CENT AND CPI (B) BY 13 POINTS OR 11.5 PER CENT.
DURING MARCH, DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF LIVE POULTRY, FRESH VEGETABLES AND SALT-WATER FISH, WERE OFFSET TO A LARGE EXTENT BY INCREASES IN OTHER COMMODITY PRICES AND SERVICE CHARGES.
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) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR FEBRUARY 1982 AND MARCH 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE
100)
CPI (A
CPI (B)
SECTION
MAR 81
FEB 82
MAR 82 MAR 81
FEB 82
MAR 82
FOODSTUFFS
115
131
130
115
131
130
HOUSING
109
121
1.21
109
121
121
FUEL AND LIGHT
135
136
137
136
137
138
ALCOHOL IC
111
123
124
110
122
122
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
111
122
123
111
122
123
FOOTWEAR
DURABLE GOODS
105
108
109
105
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS
107
120
120
107
117
117
GOODS
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