APPENDICES
APPENDIX 7
(Chapter 4: The Economy)
1994/95-based Composite Consumer Price Index
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1996
1997
1998
1996
1997
1998
All items
100.00
108.3
114.7
117.9
6.3
5.8
2.8
Food
29.50
105.5
109.3 111.4
3.9
3.6
1.9
Meals bought away from home
(18.16)
105.6
109.8
112.2
3.9
4.0
2.2
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(11.34)
105.4
108.6
110.2
3.9
3.0
1.5
Housing
28.83
113.3
123.7
129.4
10.1
9.1
4.7
Fuel and light
2.36
106.8
112.8
114.6
5.3
5.6
1.6
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
1.35
107.3
113.3
120.8
5.7
5.6
6.6
Clothing and footwear
6.66
110.2
119.4 118.5
8.3
8.4
-0.8
Durable goods
5.49
102.8
105.1
105.3
1.9
2.2
0.2
Miscellaneous goods
6.14
103.5
109.2 112.0
2.7
5.4
2.6
Transport
7.77
108.0
112.3
116.6
6.2
4.0
3.9
Miscellaneous services
11.90
107.9
112.7 115.7
6.1
4.5
2.7
Note: The Composite CPI is based on the average expenditure pattern of all households covered in the CPI(A), CPI(B) and Hang Seng CPI.
1994/95-based Consumer Price Index (A)
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)
Annual average
Annual rate of increase (%)
Section
Weight
1996
1997
1998
1996
1997
1998
All items
100.00
107.9
114.1
117.0
6.0
5.7
2.6
Food
37.30
105.6 109.5
111.6
4.0
3.7
1.9
Meals bought away from home
(20.43)
106.0
110.5
113.3
4.2
4.3
2.5
Food, excluding meals bought
away from home
(16.87)
105.2
108.3 109.5
3.7
2.9
1.1
Housing
25.34
112.2
122.2 125.9
9.3
9.0
3.0
Fuel and light
3.37
106.8
112.7 114.2
5.2
5.6
1.3
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco
2.06
107.3
113.4 120.8
5.8
5.7
6.6
Clothing and footwear
5.12
111.5
121.6
121.7
9.5
9.1
0.1
Durable goods
4.34
102.7
105.1
105.4
1.8
2.3
0.3
Miscellaneous goods
6.03
103.4
110.8 114.8
2.5
7.2
3.6
Transport
7.17
108.2
112.4 117.3
6.3
3.9
4.3
Miscellaneous services
9.27
109.0
114.4 119.1
6.9
4.9
4.2
Note: The CPI(A) covers about 50% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $4,000 to $15,999 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1994
to Sep. 1995.
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