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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1990

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 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.

CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR NOVEMBER 1990 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN THE TWO CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES, AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990 AND NOVEMBER 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI (A)

CPI(B)

INDEX FOR

SECTION

NOV. 90

% CHANGE OVER OCT. 90

* CHANGE OVER

INDEX FOR

* CHANGE CHANGE OVER

NOV. 89

NOV. 90

OCT. 90

OVER NOV. 89

FOODSTUFFS

147.4

+0.1

+10.6

149.6

+0.2

+10.8

HOUSING

138.3

+0.

7

+10.8

132.6

+1.0

+10.8

FUEL AND LIGHT

115. 7

+2.6

+19.8

114.4

+2.5

+18.4

ALCOHOLIC

159.1

+0.6

+18.9

160.5

+0.6

+18.8

DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND

150.9

+3.5

+7.

7.6

154.3

+3.4

+7.7

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

127.9

+0.8

+4.1

126.8

+0.7

+4.0

MISCELLANEOUS

145.5

+0.3

+8.0

144.8

+0.3

+7.6

GOODS

TRANSPORT AND

159.5

+0.6

+14.3

159.4

+0.5

+14.9

VEHICLES

SERVICES

170.3

+0.6

+13.4

168.7

+0.

7

+12.8

ALL ITEMS 147.2

+0.6

+10.9

146.9

+0.8

+10.8

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1990

IN

IN

THE

WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.1 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 0.2 PER CENT CPI (B). THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING PLACES, WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET DECREASES IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH FRUIT AND LIVE POULTRY.

THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 0.7 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 1.0 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS.

THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 2.6 PER CENT IN CPI(A) AND BY 2.5 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS AND KEROSENE AS WELL AS THE UPWARD FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT FOR TOWNGAS.

/THE INDEX