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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1988

THE CPI(A) AND THE 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 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

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 SEPTEMBER 1988 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988 AND SEPTEMBER 1987, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

INDEX FOR

SECTION

SEP. 88

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

% CHANGE X CHANGE OVER AUG. 88

OVER SEP. 87

INDEX FOR SEP. 88

% CHANGE OVER AUG. 88

% CHANGE OVER SEP. 87

FOODSTUFFS

121.1

+1.4

+12.0

121.5

+1.4

+11.8

HOUSING

115.4

+1.6

+ 3.9

112.0

+0.6

+ 3.3

FUEL AND

LIGHT

92.7

-0.4

+ 0.2

93.4

-0.5

+ 0.2

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

124.4

0.1

+ 6.4

125.2

-0.1

+ 6.7

CLOTHING

AND

FOOTWEAR

122.7

+0.1

+ 8.4

124.9

+0.2

+ 8.7

DURABLE

GOODS

119.4

+0.4

+ 6.0.

118.6

+0.6

+ 6.0

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

123.3

+0.3

+ 4.8

123.7

+0.6

+ 5.1

TRANSPORT

AND

VEHICLES

121.0

+0.2

+ 4.1

120.2

+0.1

+ 4.4

SERVICES

131.5

+3.7

+12.6

131.2

+3.2

+12.5

ALL ITEMS

120.5

+1.3

+ 8.8

120.0

+1.1

+ 8.3

/COMPARED WITH