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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1989

THE SIMPLEST WAY OF INTERPRETING THE

SERVICES USUALLY FIXED BASKET OF GOODS AND HOUSEHOLD IN A PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE GROUP.

INDEX 19 TO IMAGINE A BOUGHT BY THE AVERAGE

USED FOR

CONTINUES то REFLECT

"FROM TIME TO TIME, THE BASKET OF GOODS AND SERVICES COMPILING THE CPI IS REVISED TO ENSURE THAT IT CURRENT CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,

IN

HONG

KONG,

HE SAID.

THREE

DIFFERENT CPI

ARE SERIES

CURRENTLY CPI. EACH OF THESE

PUBLISHED, NAMELY, CPL(A). CPIB AND HANG SENG

THE 1984-85 CPI SERIES IS APPLICABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE MONTHLY EXPENDITURES FELL

OF RESULTS THE WITHIN A PARTICULAR RANGE ACCORDING TO HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

AND IN

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS CPI(A) AND CPIB) ARE COMPILED BY

$2,000 BETWEEN SPENDING TO HOUSEHOLDS

RESPECTIVELY DEPARTMENT. THEY REFER $6,499 A MONTH AND BETWEEN $6,500 AND 39,999 A MONTH 1984-85.

HANG SENG

CPI

WHICH COVERS

THE HANG SENG BANK COMPILES THE HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $10,000 AND $24,999 A MONTH IN 1984-85.

CENSUS

BY THE

AND THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IS JOINTLY CONDUCTED

IT IS EXPECTED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE HANG SENG BANK LTD AND THAT THE NEW INDEX SERIES WILL BE PUBLISHED BY LATE APRIL 1991.

OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF ABOUT 8,000 ADDRESSES IN THE URBAN AREAS

HAS BEEN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY.

MEMBERS OF

WILL HOUSEHOLDS THESE

BE ASKED

PROVIDE

ΤΟ KEEP DAILY RECORDS OF THEIR EXPENDITURE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND TO INFORMATION ON OTHER HOUSEHOLD PARTICULARS.

OTHER EVERY

OF BATCH THE FIRST SENT TO

IN THE SURVEY. TO PARTICIPATE

WEEK TO

REMAINING THE

SELECTED

SIMILAR

BATCHES

BEEN HAVE LETTERS

LETTERS WILL BE

SENT

HOUSEHOLDS REQUESTING THEM

THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

ABOUT

WEEK ONE

HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED, OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND OF THE HANG SENG BANK WILL CALL ON THE SELECTED REQUIREMENT OF

AFTER THE

LETTERS

IN SURVEY THE

то HOUSEHOLDS

DETAIL. THESE

TO

THEM THE EXPLAIN

CARRY WILL OFFICERS

IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE BANK.

"THE QUESTIONNAIRES

DESIGNED ARE

HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WILL NEED TO SPEND COMPLETE THE

A IN SUCH

FEW MINUTES

WAY

A THAT A DAY TO ONLY A

THE DURING EXPENDITURES DAILY

RECORDING

"

TWO-WEEK PERIOD,

OF HIS/HER MR MOK SAID.

OUTSIDE NORMAL HOUSEHOLDS.

IF REQUIRED, INTERVIEWING OFFICERS WILL

THE TO SUIT HOURS OFFICE

BE NEEDS

TO PREPARED

OF INDIVIDUAL

WORK

THE PARTICIPATING