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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1990

TO INCREASES

COMPARING AUGUST 1990 WITH JULY 1990, THE INDEX FOR INCREASED BY 0.3 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.4 THIS WAS MAINLY DUE

IN

IN

FOODSTUFFS CPI (B).

FRESH EATING OF

PER CENT RETAIL PRICES OF

AND OTHER

ROMANZ

FRUIT AND IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS IN

THE RESTAURANTS

PLACES, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECREASES IN THE RETAIL FRESH VEGETABLES.

PRICES

THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT IN CPI(A)

A AS

RESULT OF HIGHER RENTS FOR BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI(B) PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS.

AND

SOME

BY INCREASED

0.7 PER CENT THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT

0.4

TO

PRICES PER CPI(A) AND BY

CENT IN

HIGHER CPI(B) DUE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AND KEROSENE WITH EFFECT FROM AUGUST 23.

IN OF

PER THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR DECREASED BY 0.4

OF LOWER PRICES IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.5 PER CENT IN CPI (B) BECAUSE MEN'S AND CHILDREN'S OUTERCLOTHING.

CENT

OF

THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT

0.4 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE ΤΟ

PRICES CPI(A) AND BY

HIGHER

JEWELLERY.

IN

OF

AND THE INDEX FOR SERVICES INCREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT IN CPI(A)

IN THE CHARGES FOR BY 0.8 PER CENT IN CPI(B), REFLECTING INCREASES

CLINICS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND OUTPATIENT THAT OF PRIVATE DOCTORS.

FIGURES

HEREIN

SEASONALLY

ADJUSTED FROM

NOT REFER TO CPI SERIES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. ALL PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE DERIVED CPI FIGURES TAKEN TO MORE THAN ONE DECIMAL PLACE.

MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR FROM THE GOVERNMENT AUGUST 1990, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $5 PER COPY

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CENSUS AND

STATISTICS

CONSUMER

ON

DEPARTMENT

THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 152.1 IN AUGUST 1990, UP BY 0.6 PER CENT OVER JULY 1990 AND BY 11.3 PER CENT OVER AUGUST 1989.

A MONTH

DURING THE

PATTERN OF THE THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE

KONG THAT SPENT IN HONG 10 PER CENT OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS $10,000-24,999

1984/85 HOUSEHOLD

EXPENDITURE

SURVEY.

HANG OF HANG

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT SENG BANK LTD.

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