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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1990

THE

THE INCREASE AS REGARDS THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES, WAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER FARES OF BUS AND PUBLIC LIGHT BUS. INCREASE IN THE FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT WAS LARGELY DUE TO HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEALS IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, PARTICULARLY IN CANTONESE RESTAURANTS.

THOSE

FOUR-FIFTHS THREE QUARTERS OF THE

THESE FOUR COMPONENTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT OF THE OVERALL INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) AND INCREASE IN THE CPI (B).

COMPARING APRIL 1990 WITH MARCH 1990, THE CPI(A) INCREASED 1.0 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B), BY 1.2 PER CENT.

BY

ENDED

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS APRIL 1990, AT 133.3 AND 132.8 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 9.9 PER CENT AND 9.6 ENDED PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE 12 MONTHS APRIL 1989.

SEASONALLY

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED APRIL 1990, THE ADJUSTED CPI(A) INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.7 PER CENT PER MONTH AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(B), AT 0.8 PER CENT PER MONTH.

IN

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 HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.

EXPENDITURE

$2,000 AND

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

AS

THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR APRIL 1990 IN RESPECT OF

INDEXES, PRICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER COMMODITY/SERVICE COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990 AND APRIL 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

INDEX FOR

SECTION

APR. 90

X CHANGE OVER MAR. 90

X CHANGE

OVER APR.

89

INDEX FOR APR. 90

% CHANGE OVER MAR. 90

× CHANGE OVER APR. 89

FOODSTUFFS

141.3

+0.2

+10.1

142.9

+0.3

+10.5

HOUSING

128.6

+1.3

+ 6.

.7

123.2

+0.9

+ 6.4

FUEL AND

104.1

+1.6

+ 8.3

104.3

+1.7

+ 7.7

LIGHT

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