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THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY FOUR POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY 3 POINTS IN C.P.1. (B). RISES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES OWING TO REDUCED SUPPLY FROM LOCAL AND CHINA SOURCES. THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINSTORMS IN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG.

THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF PORK ALSO WENT UP OWING TO IRREGULAR SUPPLY FROM CHINA, WHEN TRAIN SERVICES IN GUANGDONG WERE DISRUPTED BY SERIOUS FLOODING.

INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT.

THE EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

LOWER CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND LOWER PRICES FOR KEROSENE BROUGHT THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT DOWN BY FIVE POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B).

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY THREE POINTS EACH IN C.P.1. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR SUMMER OUTER-CLOTHING WHICH CAME ONTO THE MARKET DURING THE MONTH.

THE ONE POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.1. (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR ELECTRICAL CONSUMER GOODS.

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS WENT UP BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES FOR SOFT FURNISHINGS, BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.

THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES INCREASED BY TWO POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY FOUR POINTS IN C.P.I. (B) FOLLOWING HIGHER PRICES FOR GASOLINE AND MOTOR VEHICLES, INCREASED VEHICLE LICENCE FEES AND HIGHER M.T.R. FARES. THESE INCREASES WERE PARTLY OFFSET BY DECREASES IN SOME PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FARES, CAUSED BY THE OPENING OF THE M.T.R. TSUEN WAN ROUTE DURING THE MONTH.

THE TWO-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR SERVICES WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT AND PACKAGED TOURS.

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR MAY 1982, WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.