Table 1

Consumer Price Indices and Year-on-year Rates
of Change at Section Level for July 2005
(Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000=100)
Section Composite CPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CPI(C)
Index
for
Jul
2005		 % change
over
Jul
2004		 Index
for
Jul
2005		 % change
over
Jul
2004		 Index
for
Jul
2005		 % change
over
Jul
2004		 Index
for
Jul
2005		 % change
over
Jul
2004
Food 98.4 +2.0 98.9 +2.5 98.3 +2.2 97.9 +1.0
 Meals bought away from home 97.7 +1.0 98.0 +1.3 97.5 +1.3 97.9 -0.3
 Food, excluding meals bought away from home 99.6 +3.8 100.0 +4.0 100.1 +3.8 97.8 +3.1
Housing # 81.3 +0.5 83.5 +0.4 80.8 +0.6 79.3 +0.5
 Private housing rent 77.9 +0.5 78.3 +0.4 78.2 +0.6 77.0 +0.5
 Public housing rent 100.0 +0.1 100.0 +0.1 100.0 +0.1 - -
Electricity, gas and water 107.1 +2.9 106.6 +2.8 107.2 +3.0 108.2 +3.1
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco 107.4 +1.3 107.7 +1.4 107.4 +1.3 105.8 +0.8
Clothing and footwear 96.9 +3.3 98.3 +3.3 98.8 +3.3 92.7 +3.4
Durable goods 77.1 -1.7 78.4 -1.1 76.1 -1.8 77.5 -2.0
Miscellaneous goods 111.6 +2.4 109.2 +1.7 110.6 +2.2 115.3 +3.1
Transport 102.7 +1.9 101.2 +1.4 102.9 +1.9 104.0 +2.4
Miscellaneous services 96.2 +0.7 93.1 -0.3 96.5 +0.5 98.3 +1.6
 Selected major groups                
 Educational services 106.0 +1.6 105.4 +1.4 105.3 +1.4 107.9 +1.9
 Telephone and other communications services 62.6 -6.1 64.6 -6.0 61.2 -5.8 61.9 -7.2
 Medical services 105.3 +1.1 105.8 +0.3 106.6 +1.3 103.4 +1.6
All items 93.1 +1.3 93.9 +1.3 92.8 +1.3 92.5 +1.3

- Not applicable.

Note:

The CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C) are compiled by reference to the average expenditure patterns for different groups of households as obtained from the Household Expenditure Survey. By aggregating the expenditure patterns of all households covered by the above three indices, a Composite CPI is also compiled.
The expenditure ranges of the households covered in the 1999/2000-based CPI series are as follows:

  Approximate percentage
of households covered
(%)		 Average monthly
household expenditure range
(at 1999/2000 prices)
($)		 Average monthly
household expenditure range
(adjusted to 2004 prices)
($)
CPI(A) 50 4,500-18,499 4,200-17,000
CPI(B) 30 18,500-32,499 17,000-29,800
CPI(C) 10 32,500-65,999 29,800-60,400
Composite CPI 90 4,500-65,999 4,200-60,400

# Apart from "Private housing rent" and "Public housing rent", the "Housing" section also includes "Management fee and other housing charges" and "Tools and materials for house maintenance".

Last updated: 23 August 2005