MONDAY, MAY 24, 1982
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR APRIL
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR APRIL 1982 WERE BOTH 127, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, C.P.I. (A) WAS UNCHANGED AND C.P.I. (B) INCREASED BY ONE POINT OR 0.8 PER CENT.
WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1981, BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) INCREASED BY 13 POINTS OR 11.4 PER CENT.
INCREASES IN RENT AND IN CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR PRICES DURING THE MONTH WERE LARGELY OFFSET BY DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES.
THE 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 C.P.1. (A) REFERRED TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH AND THE C.P.I. (B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH.
THE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1982 AND APRIL 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE 100)
=
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C.P.I.(A)
C.P.I.(B)
SECTION
APR. 81 MAR. 82 APR. 82 APR. 81 MAR. 82 APR. 82
FOODSTUFFS
115
130
129
115
130
130
HOUSING
112
121
124
112
121
124
FUEL AND LIGHT 135
137
138
136
138
139
ALCOHOL IC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR
HOME
CONSUMPTION) 111
124
124
110
122
123
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
109
123
128
108
123
129
DURABLE GOODS
107
109
108
107
110
110
/MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
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