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SEP. 85 = 100)

TABLE 1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B) (OCT. 84

FOR DECEMBER 1991 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 = 100)

SECTION

CPI(A)

CPI(B)

INDEX FOR

DEC. 91

% CHANGE OVER DEC. 90

INDEX FOR

DEC. 91

% CHANGE OVER DEC. 90

FOOD

163.7

+10.2

166.5

+10.5

MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME

186.5

+11.5

187.1

+11.5

FOOD, EXCLUDING MEALS BOUGHT

144.2

+8.9

146.2

+9.3

AWAY FROM HOME

HOUSING

154.8

+10.0

119.5

+11.5

FUEL AND LIGHT

114.2

-2.3

113.5

-1.9

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO

223.8

+37.4

222.0

+35.3

(FOR HOME CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

164.9

+7.1

169.5

+7.3

DURABLE GOODS

132.8

+3.3

131.7

+3.4

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

156.8

+7.6

155.8

+7.6

TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES

177.5

+10.4

176.1

+9.6

SERVICES

193.8

+13.4

191.8

+13.1

ALL ITEMS

163.9

+10.3

163.6

+10.4

THE

1984/85-BASED

EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

ON CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES ARE

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85

BASED

THE

OF

MONTHLY

THE CPI(A) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF ABOUT 50%

IN HONG KONG, WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS EXPENDITURE OF $2,000-$6,499 A MONTH IN 1984/85.

URBAN

30% THE CPI(B) IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE NEXT

MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF OF URBAN

WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS, $6,500-$9,999 IN THE SAME PERIOD.

THE EXPENDITURE

MONTHLY

(THE 1984/85-BASED HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON PATTERN OF ABOUT 10% OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $10,000-$24,999 IN 1984/85.)

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