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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1922
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
108
109
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS GOODS
111
122
125
112
119
123
TRANSPORT AND
134
141
142
130
142
142
VEHICLES
SERVICES
120
135
135
119
134
134
ALL ITEMS
121
132
132
120
131
132
THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P. I. (A) AND C.P.1. (B). THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF LIVE POULTRY WENT UP AS A RESULT OF INCREASED DEMAND FOR CHICKEN FOR THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL. RISES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF MOON CAKES AND FRESH VEGETABLES, AND IN THE AVERAGE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS. THE EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.
THE ONE-POINT INCREASE IN THE INDEX FOR HOUSING IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO INCREASED RENTS IN SOME HOUSING AUTHORITY GROUP A ESTATES.
THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY ONE POINT EACH IN C.P.I. (A) AND C.P.I. (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF OUTERCLOTHING.
HIGHER PRICES OF JEWELLERY CAUSED THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS TO INCREASE BY THREE POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY FOUR POINTS IN C.P. I. (B).
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES INCREASED BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (A) OWING TO HIGHER FARES FOR SCHOOL BUS.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN THE OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR SEPTEMBER 1982. BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSIONS OF THIS REPORT ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.
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