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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1988

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JANUARY PUBLISHED

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1988.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) (OCT. 84/SEP. 85 = 100) FOR JANUARY 1988 WERE 112.5 AND 112.8 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 6.3 PER CENT AND 6.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER JANUARY 1987.

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1987 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE CPI(A) DECREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B), BY 0.2 PER CENT.

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED CENT AND JANUARY 1988, AT 109.9 AND 110.1 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 5.7 PER 5.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 1987.

DURING

THE

THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JANUARY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI (B) BOTH INCREASED AT RATE OF 0.6 PER CENT PER MONTH.

1988, THE

AN AVERAGE

DURING JANUARY, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUIT,

ON FRESH-WATER FISH AND OUTER CLOTHING DECREASED.

THE OTHER HAND, CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES INCREASED.

THE CPI (A) AND THE

CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE AND PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT

30 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

1984-85

THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH,

AS

CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR JANUARY 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE

THE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN

TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1987 AND JANUARY 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

/(OCTOBER 1984