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components accounted for about 80% of the overall increase

in the Consumer Price Index (A) during this period. The

equivalent proportions were 76% for the Consumer Price Index

(B) and 53% for the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index

(3).

(3) Proportion of increase in consumer prices during the twelve months ending September 1982 attributable to the increase in the prices of:

Components

Foodstuffs

Housing

Hang

Seng

CPI (A)

CPI (B)

CPI

( 8 )

(%)

(8%)

53

44

25

15

17

32

-1

-1

-1

2

1

1

Fuel and light

Alcoholic drinks

and tobacco

Clothing and footwear

7

10

7

Durable goods

0

1

1

Miscellaneous goods

7

6

5

LO

Transport and

4

6

14

vehicles

Services

13

16

16

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