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APPENDICES

1999/2000-based Consumer Price Index (B)

(Oct. 1999 Sep. 2000 = 100)

Annual average

Annual rate of change (%)

Section

Weight

1999

2000

2001

1999

2000

2001

All items

100.00

103.4

99.4

97.7

-4.7

-3.9

-1.6

Food

25.94

101.8

99.7

98.8

-2.1

-2.1

-1.0

Meals bought away from home

(17.20)

100.8

99.9

99.2

-1.7

-0.9

-0.6

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(8.74)

103.8

99.4

97.8

-2.6

-4.3

-1.6

Housing"

29.68

107.3

98.5

95.8

-6.8

-8.2

-2.8

Electricity, gas and water""

2.81

97.3

100.7

99.0

-0.3

3.5

-1.7

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

0.86

101.3

100.1

103.5

1.3

-1.1

3.4

Clothing and footwear

4.47

111.5

97.9

93.7

-21.0

-11.9

-4.3

Durable goods

6.93

103.9

98.5

91.0

-6.3

-5.0

-7.7

Miscellaneous goods

5.58

99.6

100.5

101.8

-0.6

0.9

1.2

Transport

9.05

99.6

100.3

100.6

0.3

0.6

0.3

Miscellaneous services

14.68

100.3

99.9

100.4

-1.4

-0.4

0.4

1999/2000-based Consumer Price Index (C)

(Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000 = 100)

Annual average

Annual rate of change (%)

Section

Weight

1999

2000

2001

1999

2000

2001

All items

100.00

103.9

99.3

97.8

-3.7

-4.5

-1.5

Food

21.38

101.7

99.8

99.6

-0.8

-1.9

-0.2

Meals bought away from home

(13.28)

100.8

99.9

100.7

@

-0.9

0.8

Food, excluding meals bought

away from home

(8.10)

103.9

99.6

97.8

-2.6

-4.2

-1.9

Housing"

31.22

108.9

98.2

95.5

-3.6

-9.9

-2.8

Electricity, gas and water"

2.02

97.7

100.6

99.9

0.1

3.0

-0.7

Alcoholic drinks and tobacco

0.39

101.3

100.2

101.8

1.4

-1.1

1.6

Clothing and footwear

4.55

104.2

98.2

93.1

-20.8

-5.8

-5.2

Durable goods

6.73

103.7

98.8

92.4

-7.1

-4.4

-6.5

Miscellaneous goods

6.43

100.1

100.1 100.2

-1.8

@

0.1

Transport

9.94

98.7

100.5

100.7

0.9

1.8

0.3

Miscellaneous services

17.34

100.3

100.1

100.3

-1.7

-0.2

0.2

Notes: The Consumer Price Indices (CPIs) from October 1999 onwards are compiled based on expenditure weights obtained from the 1999/2000 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPIs for earlier periods are compiled based on old weights and have been re-scaled to the new base period for linking with the new index series.

The Composite CPI is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of all households covered in the CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C). The CPI(A) is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of about 50% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $4,500 to $18,499 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1999 to Sep. 2000.

The CPI(B) is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of about 30% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $18,500 to 32,499 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1999 to Sep. 2000.

The CPI(C) is compiled based on the average expenditure pattern of about 10% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $32,500 to $65,999 in the base period, i.e. Oct. 1999 to Sep. 2000.

(1) "Water and sewage charges" previously under "Housing" section has been re-classified as a component of the "Electricity, gas and water"

section.

@Change within ±0.05%,

Source: Consumer Price Index Section, Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2805 6403)

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