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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1987

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER

THE 1987,

INDEX FOR

FOODSTUFFS

INCREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.6 PER CENT IN CPI(B).

RETAIL PRICES THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE

AND IN THE OF FRESH FRUIT, PORK, FRESH-WATER FISH AND LIVE POULTRY

PLACES, OTHER RATING RESTAURANTS AND IN AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS

RETAIL PRICE OF WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASE IN THE SALT-WATER FISH.

AVERAGE

RETAIL PRICES THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS IN THE ITEMS ON THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

OF

OTHER

FOOD

PER CENT MEN'S

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR INCREASED BY 0.6 IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.7 PER CENT IN CPI (B) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF AND WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR.

AND

BY

PER 0.6 RESULT OF HIGHER

INCREASED VEHICLES THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.7 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS AND SCHOOL BUS FARES.

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 3.3 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 2.9 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER SCHOOL FEES.

AND

PRICE

IN MOVEMENTS INDEXES WERE INSIGNIFICANT.

OTHER

OF SECTIONS

THE

CONSUMER

PRICE

IN THIS PRESS FIGURES

REFER

CPI

ALL SPECIFIED.

PERCENTAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

THAN ONE DECIMAL CHANGES ARE DERIVED FROM CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE PLACE.

RELEASE

TO

SERIES

NOT

PRICE PER

"CONSUMER

INDEX REPORT" MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE

AT

COPY FROM THE $3.50 AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER 1987, WHICH IS

BUILDING, GROUND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE

AND STATISTICS FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG; OR FROM THE CENSUS

12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT, 19/F., WANCHAI TOWER 1,

THE

DEPARTMENT, FRENCH INFORMATION SERVICES KONG; OR FROM BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.

HONG MISSION

CONSUMER PRICE

BNQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES MAY BE MADE TO THE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235089.

1987. UP BY 0.7 PER THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 115.1 IN OCTOBER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1987 AND UP BY 7 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1996.

HONG

PATTERN OF THE KONG THAT SPENT HOUSEHOLD

THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE

IN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN CENT OF 10 PER

DURING THE MONTH $10,000-$24,999 A

1984/85

EXPENDITURE

SURVEY.

SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC SENG BANK LTD.

TIE HIANG FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN

DEPARTMENT OF HANG

RESEARCH

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