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WEDA SDAY, JUNE 26, 1985

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED MAY 1985, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.5 PER CENT EACH MONTH.

DURING MAY, FOOD PRICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF FRESH VEGETABLES, WERE LOWER.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(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 CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 499 A MONTH, AND THE CPI(B) TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $3 500 AND $6 499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME.

THE INDEXES FOR MAY 1985 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/ SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE GIVEN BELOW, TOGETHER WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1985 AND MAY 1984.

(OCTOBER 1979 TO SEPTEMBER 1980 AVERAGE

>

100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

SECTION

MAY 84 APR 85 MAY 85

MAY 84

APR 85 MAY 85

FOODSTUFFS

HOUSING

154.8 157.0 154.5

143.7 154.4 154.8

148.7 146.8 146.8

155.4 157.7 155.6

144.0 153.7 154.2

148.4 146.7 146.7

FUEL AND LIGHT

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)

208.0

231.6 233.5

200.7

222.1 223.9

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

156.4 169.4

125.8 123.9

170.4

157.8

123.5

171.9 172.4

129.5 128.7 128.2

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

150.1 151.6 151.6

147.1

148.6 148.6

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

SERVICES

ALL ITEMS

169.5 181.6 181.8

166.8 180.8 181.6

154.1 159.9 159.0

171.4 182.3 182.4

165.1 176.8 177.4

153.9 160.0 159.4

/COMPARED WITH

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