FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1984
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DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD TO MAY 1984, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.4 PER CENT EACH MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), AT 0.5 PER CENT.
IN MAY, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUITS, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WERE HIGHER. MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY FARES AND CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS ALSO WENT UP. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECREASED.
CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND 499 A MONTH, AND CPI(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.
THE INDEXES FOR MAY 1984 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1984 AND MAY 1983.
(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE = 100)
SECTION
MAY 83 APR.
CPI(A)
APR. 84 MAY 84
CPI(B)
MAY 83 APR. 84 MAY 84
FOODSTUFFS
141.0 155.0 154.8
141.6
155.4
155.4
HOUSING
135.3 143.6 143.7
134.6
143.9
144.0
FUEL AND LIGHT 140.4 148.8
148.7
140.9 148.5
148.4
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 185.5 208.0 AND TOBACCO (FOR
208.0
179.0 200.6
200.7
HOME CONSUMPTION)
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
141.1
DURABLE GOODS
154.6
109.8 125.4 125.8
156.4
142.6
155.9
157.8
112.9 129.1
129.5
MISCELLANEOUS
130.8 149.3
150.1
130.0
146.5
147.1
GOODS
TRANSPORT AND
153.8 168.5
169.5
156.0
170.5
171.4
VEHICLES
SERVICES
ALL ITEMS
140.0 153.9
148.0 165.8 166.8
154.1
146.1 164.3
165.1
139.7
153.5
153.9
/COMPARED WITH
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