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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 7
(Chapter 5: The Economy)
1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994-Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1995
1996
1997
1995
1996
1997
All items
100.00
101.9
108.3
114.7
9.1
6.3
5.8
Food
29.50
101.5 105.5 109.3
7.1
3.9
3.6
Meals bought away from home
(18.16)
101.6 105.6
109.8
6.9
3.9
4.0
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(11.34)
101.5 105.4
108.6
7.4
3.9
3.0
Housing
28.83
103.0 113.3 123.7
13.1
10.1
9.1
Fuel and light
2.36
101.4
106.8
112.8
7.4
5.3
5.6
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.35
101.5
107.3
113.3
6.1
5.7
5.6
Clothing and footwear
6.66
101.8 110.2
119.4
9.6
8.3
8.4
Durable goods
5.49
100.9
102.8 105.1
4.2
1.9
2.2
Miscellaneous goods
6.14
100.8 103.5 109.2
6.3
2.7
5.4
Transport
7.77
101.7
108.0 112.3
7.4
6.2
4.0
Miscellaneous services
11.90
101.6
107.9 112.7
10.3
6.1
4.5
Note: The Composite CPI covers all households of the CPI(A), CPI(B) and the Hang Seng CPI.
1994/95-based Consumer Price Index (A)
(Oct. 1994–Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1995
1996 1997
1995
1996
1997
All items
100.00
101.8 107.9 114.1
8.7
6.0
5.7
Food
37.30
101.6 105.6 109.5
7.2
4.0
3.7
Meals bought away from home
(20.43)
101.7 106.0 110.5
7.1
4.2
4.3
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(16.87)
101.4 105.2 108.3
Housing
25.34
102.6 112.2 122.2
12.2
22
7.3
3.7
2.9
9.3
9.0
Fuel and light
3.37
101.5 106,8 112.7
7.6
5.2
5.6
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.06
101.4 107.3
113.4
6.3
5.8
5.7
Clothing and footwear
5.12
101.8 111.5 121.6
8.6
9.5
9.1
Durable goods
4.34
101.0 102.7
105.1
4.2
1.8
2.3
Miscellaneous goods
6.03
100.9 103.4 110.8
6.6
2.5
7.2
Transport
7.17
101.7 108.2 112.4
7.5
6.3
3.9
Miscellaneous services
9.27
101.9 109.0 114.4
11.4
6.9
4.9
Note: The CPI(A) covers about 50% of households with a monthly expenditure of between $4,000 and $15,999 in the base period 1994/95.
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