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FUEL AND

LIGHT

ALCOHOLIC

DRINKS AND

N

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1990

99.5

+1.4

+5.8

99.6

+1.4

+5.3

TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION}

143.7

+1.4

+14.3

144.3

+1.2

+13.8

CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

137.6

-2.8

+5.4

138.9

-3.6

+4.8

DURABLE GOODS

122.5

-0.3

+1.8

121.3

-0.5

+1.5

MISCELLANEOUS

GOODS

135.6

-0.4

+4.2

135.1

-0.6

+4.5

TRANSPORT AND

VEHICLES

140.3

+0.5

+13.3

139.6

+0.6

+12.9

SERVICES

153.4

+1.5

+14.3

153.7

+1.7

+14.4

ALL ITEMS

135.2

+1.2

+9.8

134.7

+1.0

+9.5

IN BOTH AVERAGE

THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2.4 PER CENT CPI(A) AND CPI(B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF LIVE POULTRY, PORK, FRESH VEGETABLES, FISH, SHRIMPS AND CRABS AROUND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, AND AVERAGE CHARGE FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES.

SALT-WATER IN THE

THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 1.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF LIQUEFIED GAS AND KEROSENE AND THE FULL EFFECT OF THE RECENTLY CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY AND TOWNGAS.

THE INDEX FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO CONSUMPTION) INCREASED BY 1.4 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.2 IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER PRICES OF BEER AND INCREASES IN THE PRICES OF CIGARETTES.

THE FULL

BOTH

PETROLEUM INCREASED

(FOR HOME PER CENT OF THE

EFFECT

THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DECREASED BY 2. 8 IN CPI(A) AND BY 3.6 PER CENT IN CPI(B) BECAUSE OUTERCLOTHING,

OF LOWER

PER CENT PRICES OF

THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 1.5 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1.7 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUR TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR HAIRDRESSING PACKAGE TOURS AROUND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

UNLESS

AND

AND

ADJUSTED DERIVED FROM

FIGURES HEREIN REFER TO CPI SERIES NOT SEASONALLY OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN 1 DECIMAL PLACE.

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