WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1982
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NOVEMBER CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR NOVEMBER 1982 WERE BOTH 134, THE SAME AS IN THE PRECEDING MONTH, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH OF THE PRECEDING YEAR, C.P.I. INCREASED BY 10 POINTS OR 8.1 PER CENT AND C.P.I. (B), BY 11 POINTS OR 8.9 PER CENT.
(A)
DURING NOVEMBER, TAXI FARES AND PRICES OF JEWELLERY, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED. ON THE OTHER HAND, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, 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. 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 AT THAT TIME.
THE INDEXES FOR NOVEMBER 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR OCTOBER 1982 AND NOVEMBER 1981.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980
AVERAGE = 100)
C.P.I.(A)
C.P.I.(B)
SECTION
NOV 81
OCT 82
NOV 82 NOV 81 OCT 82 NOV 82
FOODSTUFFS
126
139
138
126
139
138
HOUSING
119
129
129
119
129
129
FUEL AND LIGHT
135
138
140
136
138
140
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
AND TOBACCO (FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION)
117
124
125
117
124
124
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
124
133
137
125
134
137
DURABLE GOODS
108
108
108
110
110
110
MISCELLANEOUS
GOODS
119
125
126
116
123
125
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