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APPENDIX V

RICE CONSUMPTION (AGGREGATE, BY GRADES AND PER CAPITA)

(a) Consumption (aggregate of offtakes from stocks of imported rice and domestic

production)

APPENDIX VI

EXTRACT FROM THE 'HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY 1963-64'

ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE OF HOUSEHOLDS BY GROUPS OF COMMODITY/SERVICE

AND BY EXPENDITURE GROUPS

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Year

(b) Consumption (by grades)

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Year

Percentage distribution of expenditure of households by expenditure groups

$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600 $700 $800 $900

$199 $299 $399 $499 $599 $699 $799 $899 $999

9.1 8.5 8.5 7.5 6.4 5.9 5.4 4.7 5.2

59.9 57.8 56.7 52.1 49.9 46.5 43.3 42.4 40.9

Total Consumption

('000 M/T)

Index

381

100

380

100

376

99

372

98

368

96

350

92

Rice

All Foodstuffs

Top

Middle

Grade

Grade

Low Grade

Proportion/ Proportion/ | Proportion/

100

Housing...

100

100

48

*22397***

28

25

20

40

45

49

47

NMUHNAMAW

35

45

54

46

31

26

34

21

35

25

23

588732568

30

Clothing & Footwear

Education (including purchase of text books)

13.4 12.6 11.8 12.2 13.3 14.4

3.0 3.7 4.0 5.2 5.6 6.7

15.2 14.3 15.2

7.2 7.0 5.9

4.8

4.4 5.2

6.6 7.0 7.4

7.4 7.7 8.1

34

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30

Year

Estimated mid- year population

(c) Consumption (per capita)

Population and Rice Consumption in Hong Kong

Consumption

1961-66

Total Rice

Consumption*

'000

%

'000

Change

M/T

% Change

per capita Catties/ % Annumt | Change

1961

3,175

381

198

1962

3,347 +5.4

380

.3

188

--5.1

1963

3,504

+4.7

376

-1.1

177

-5.9

1964

3,594

+2.6

372

-1.1

171

-3.4

1965

3,692

+2.7

368

- 1.1

165

-3.5

1966

3,732

+11

350

-3.5

155

--6.1

* including consumption of imported rice, local rice and relief rice. † 1 metric ton = 1,653.45 catties.

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