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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985

MISCELLANEOUS

145.5

150.9

150.3

143.0 147.6 146.7

GOODS

TRANSPORT AND

158.9

172.5

172.6

161.9 175.0 175.1

VEHICLES

SERVICES

162.7 177.8

178.6

161.1 173.9 174.8

ALL ITEMS

149.7 156.2 156.7

149.4 156.6

157.0

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.1 POINT IN CPI (A) BUT REMAINED UNCHANGED IN CPI (B). THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF FRESH VEGETABLES WENT UP, WHILE THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF PORK AND SALT-WATER FISH DECREASED. THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ROSE BY 2.5 POINTS IN CPI (A) AND 2.0 POINTS IN CPI (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES.

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY 0.6 POINT IN CPI (A) AND 1.0 POINT IN CPI (B) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S OUTERCLOTHING.

THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS DECREASED BY 0.5 POINT IN CPI (A) AND 0.4 POINT IN CPI (B) BECAUSE OF LOWER PRICES OF TELEVISION AND SOUND EQUIPMENT.

LOWER PRICES OF JEWELLERY, MEDICINES AND SOFT FURNISHINGS CAUSED THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS TO DROP BY 0.6 POINT IN CPI (A) AND 0.9 POINT IN CPI (B).

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES ROSE BY 0.8 POINT IN CPI (A) AND 0.9 POINT IN CPI (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER CHARGES FOR HAIR-DRESSING AND FOR ADMISSION TO NIGHT CLUBS AND DISCOTHEQUES AROUND CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

(FIGURES PRESENTED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL- PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TO 2 DECIMAL PLACES.)

DETAILS OF THESE PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN THE +CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT+ FOR DECEMBER 1984, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG, OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, ROOM 1904, 19TH FLOOR, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, PLEASE CONTACT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NO. 3-7216512.

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