Table 1

Consumer Price Indices and Year-on-year Rates
of Change at Section Level for September 2000
(Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995 = 100)

Section Composite CPI CPI(A) CPI(B) CPI(C)
Index
for
Sep
2000		 % change
over
Sep
1999		 Index
for
Sep
2000		 % change
over
Sep
1999		 Index
for
Sep
2000		 % change
over
Sep
1999		 Index
for
Sep
2000		 % change
over
Sep
1999
Food 107.0 -2.9 106.7 -3.3 107.2 -2.5 107.2 -2.1
Meals bought away from home 109.7 -0.8 110.6 -0.5 109.2 -0.6 108.9 -0.7
Food, excl. meals bought away from home 102.9 -6.3 102.1 -6.8 103.4 -5.9 103.4 -5.4
Housing 111.5 -5.6 112.1 -3.0 108.1 -5.5 115.3 -7.9
Fuel and light 119.9 +3.5 119.9 +4.0 119.7 +3.4 120.7 +2.7
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco 121.0 +1.3 121.2 +1.2 121.7 +1.5 119.0 +1.2
Clothing and footwear 83.9 -7.2 84.9 -8.7 84.6 -8.8 82.2 -3.7
Durable goods 94.9 -0.5 96.6 -0.5 94.6 -0.6 94.1 -0.5
Miscellaneous goods 112.3 +2.5 116.6 +2.5 112.0 +2.5 107.5 +2.4
Transport 118.6 +1.3 119.0 +1.0 118.0 +1.2 119.3 +1.9
Miscellaneous services 114.5 -0.1 119.2 -0.7 115.6 -0.2 109.5 +0.5
All items 108.7 -2.6 109.9 -2.1 107.7 -2.5 108.8 -3.3

Monthly Consumer Price Indices are compiled on the basis of (a) the expenditure patterns of the relevant households, and (b) the prices collected currently for the month. The expenditure patterns underlying the 1994/95-based CPIs are based on the patterns derived from the 1994/95 Household Expenditure Survey. The CPI(A) is based on the expenditure pattern of the lower 50% of households in Hong Kong, which had an average monthly expenditure of $4000 - $15999 in 1994/95 (broadly equivalent to $4500 - $18000 at 1999 prices). The CPI(B) is based on the expenditure pattern of the next 30% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $16000 - $29999 in 1994/95 (broadly equivalent to $18000 - $34000 at 1999 prices). The CPI(C) is based on the expenditure pattern of the further next 10% of households, which had an average monthly expenditure of $30000 - $59999 in 1994/95 (broadly equivalent to $34000 - $68700 at 1999 prices). The Composite CPI, as the broadest measure of consumer price inflation, is compiled by reference to the expenditure pattern of all of the above households taken together. The remaining 10% of households with the lowest or highest expenditure are not covered by the CPIs.

Last updated: 23 October 2000