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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1982
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1982
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1982. THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR AUGUST 1982 WERE 132 AND 131 RESPECTIVELY. COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, C.P.I. (A) INCREASED BY ONE POINT OR 0.8 PER CENT BUT C.P.I. (B) REMAINED UNCHANGED. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH OF THE PRECEDING YEAR, C.P.I. (A) INCREASED BY 11 POINTS OR 9.1 PER CENT AND C.P.1. (B) BY 11 POINTS OR 9.2 PER CENT.
DURING THE MONTH, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH FRUITS AND CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANT, ROSE. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WERE LOWER.
THE C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.1. (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 AUGUST 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1982 AND AUGUST 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE - 100)
C.P.I.(A)
C.P.I.(B)
SECTION
AUG 81 JULY 82 AUG 82 AUG 81
JULY 82 AUG 82
FOODSTUFFS
125
136
137
125
136
137
HOUSING
116
126
126
116
126
126
FUEL AND LIGHT
137
134
134
138
135
135
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
TOBACCO (FOR HOME
CONSUMPTION)
112
124
125
112
123
124
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
113
132
129
112
132
129
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
108
109
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
109
121
122
109
118
119
TRANSPORT AND
VEHICLES
132
140
141
129
141
142
SERVICES
117
134
135
117
133
134
ALL ITEMS
121
131
132
120
131
131
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P.1. (A) AND C.P.I. (B). RISES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUITS AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR ORANGES AND WATER MELONS AND IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES DUE TO REDUCED SUPPLY. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANT. THE EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
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