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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 IN 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.

CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1990 IN RESPECT OF THE NINE PRICE INDEXES, AS COMMODITY/SERVICE

IN THE TWO CONSUMER SECTIONS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990 AND DECEMBER 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI (B)

INDEX FOR

SECTION

DEC. 90

* CHANGE * CHANGE INDEX OVER

OVER DEC. 89 NOV. 90

FOR

DEC. 90

* CHANGE OVER NOV. 90

* CHANGE OVER DEC. 89

FOODSTUFFS

148.5

+0.7

+11.0

150.7

+0.7

+11.1

HOUSING

140.7

+1.8

+12.2

134.1

+1.1

+11.5

FUEL AND

116.8

+1.0

+19.0

115.6

+1.1

+17.8

LIGHT

ALCOHOLIC

162.9

+2.4

+14.9

164.0

+2.2

+15.1

DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND

154.0

+2.0

+8.8

158.0

+2.4

+9.7

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

128.6

+0.

5

+4.7

127.4

+0.5

+4.6

MISCELLANEOUS

145.7

+0.1

+7.0

144.8

-0.0%

+6.5

GOODS

TRANSPORT AND

160.7

+0.7

+15.1

160.7

+0.8

+15.8

VEHICLES

SERVICES

170.9

+0.3

+13.1

169.5

+0.5

+12.3

ALL ITEMS

148.6

+0.9

+11.3

148.2

+0.9

+11.1

* LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT

COMPARING DECEMBER

WITH NOVEMBER 1990, 1990

THE INDEX FOR THIS IN RESTAURANTS FRUIT AND

FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 0.7 PER CENT IN BOTH CPI(A) AND CPI(B).

MAINLY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE CHARGES FOR MEALS OTHER EATING PLACES AND IN THE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH LIVE POULTRY.

WAS AND

AND

THE INDEX FOR HOUSING INCREASED BY 1.8 PER CENT IN CPI(A) BY 1.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER RENTS FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS AND FOR SOME FLATS IN HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES.

FOR INCREASE

PER CENT IN THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 1.0

HIGHER CHARGES CPI(A) AND BY 1.1 PER CENT IN CPI(B) DUE TO ELECTRICITY AND TOWNGAS AS WELL AS THE EFFECT OF THE RECENT IN THE PRICES OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.

/THE INDEX

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