TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 10982
MAY CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES UP TWO POINTS
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR MAY 1982 WERE BOTH 129, EACH BEING TWO POINTS OR 1.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE INDEXES FOR THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TODAY (TUESDAY).
COMPARED WITH MAY 1981, THE C.P.I. (A) INCREASED BY 13 POINTS OR 11.2 PER CENT AND C.P.I. (B) BY 14 POINTS OR 12.2 PER CENT.
DURING THE MONTH, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND PORK, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR PRICES, TRANSPORT FEES AND CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WERE HIGHER. ON THE OTHER HAND, ELECTRICITY RATES WERE LOWER.
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.I. (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 MAY 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1982 AND MAY 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE = 100)
C.P.I. (A)
C.P.I. (B)
SECTION
MAY 81 APR. 82 MAY 82 MAY 81
APR. 82 MAY 82
FOODSTUFFS
116
129
133
116
130
133
HOUSING
112
124
124
112
124
124
FUEL AND LIGHT 135
138
133
136
139
134
ALCOHOL IC
DRINKS AND
TOBACCO FOR
HOME CON-
SUMPTION)
111
124
124
110
123
123
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
115
128
131
115
129
132
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
109
108
110
111
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
108
121
121
108
117
118
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
129
137
139
126
134
138
SERVICES
115
131
133
115
130
132
ALL ITEMS
116
127
129
115
127
129
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