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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1987

INDEX

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 1987, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND CONSUMER PRICE (B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.3 PER CENT PER MONTH.

DURING SEPTEMBER, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT, RENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS AND CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES INCREASED. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES DECREASED.

SOME

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (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 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY. THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.

AS

CHANGES IN THE INDICES FOR SEPTEMBER 1987 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDICES, COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 1986, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

INDEX % CHANGE X CHANGE

FOR

OVER

OVER

SECTION

SEP.87

AUG.87

SEP.86

INDEX FOR SEP.87

* CHANGE * CHANGE

OVER AUG.87

OVER SEP.86

FOODSTUFFS

108.1

+0.1

+5.3

108.6

+0.

3

+5.6

HOUSING

111.1

+1.0

+4.3

108.4

+0.4

+2.9

FUEL AND

LIGHT

92.6

+0.0*

+4.6

93.2

-0.1

+4.6

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS AND

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION}

116.9

+0.1

+6.2

117.3

+0.1

+6.9

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

113.2

+0.4

+5.6

114.9

+0.5

+6.1

DURABLE GOODS 112.7

+0.2

+5.8

111.9

+0.4

+5.8

/MISCELLANEOUS GOODS