24-45  Consumer Price Indices (Oct. 2004 - Sep. 2005=100)
Item	Weight	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Composite Consumer Price Index
All Items	100.00	102.4	99.8	99.4	100.3	102.4
Food	26.94	99.1	97.6	98.6	100.4	102.1
Meals Bought away from Home	[16.86]	100.6	99.2	99.4	100.3	101.6
Food, Excluding Meals Bought away from Home	[10.08]	96.6	95.0	97.4	100.5	103.0
Housing①	29.17	111.5	106.2	100.6	100.7	105.4
Private Housing Rent	[23.93]	115.3	108.0	100.9	100.8	106.4
Public Housing Rent	[2.49]	89.3	97.5	99.9	100.0	100.1
Electricity, Gas and Water	3.59	85.9	87.1	97.0	101.0	103.1
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco	0.87	99.6	99.8	99.7	100.1	96.4
Clothing and Footwear	3.91	94.8	92.2	98.4	100.0	101.0
Durable Goods	5.50	110.9	103.8	102.1	98.3	92.0
Miscellaneous Goods	4.78	92.9	95.1	98.6	100.0	101.6
Transport	9.09	99.0	98.6	99.1	100.4	101.1
Miscellaneous Services②	16.15	102.8	99.5	99.3	100.3	102.2
Educational Services	[4.47]	97.8	98.5	99.0	100.4	102.3
Telephone and Other Communications Services	[3.27]	131.7	114.3	103.8	99.1	99.1
Medical Services	[2.57]	96.8	98.1	99.1	100.1	100.9
Consumer Price Index (A)
All Items	100.00	101.4	99.3	99.3	100.3	102.1
Food	32.10	98.6	97.0	98.4	100.4	102.2
Meals Bought away from Home	[18.63]	100.1	98.7	99.2	100.3	101.4
Food, Excluding Meals Bought away from Home	[13.47]	96.5	94.7	97.3	100.6	103.3
Housing①	30.54	108.1	104.9	100.5	100.6	104.4
Private Housing Rent	[22.07]	114.5	107.7	100.8	100.8	106.0
Public Housing Rent	[6.18]	89.3	97.5	99.9	100.0	100.1
Electricity, Gas and Water	4.84	84.6	85.7	97.1	101.0	102.9
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco	1.35	99.7	99.8	99.8	100.0	95.6
Clothing and Footwear	2.81	95.4	92.6	97.6	100.1	102.0
Durable Goods	4.01	109.9	102.9	101.9	98.0	91.0
Miscellaneous Goods	4.68	96.0	97.0	99.1	99.8	100.8
Transport	8.07	100.4	99.4	99.2	100.4	101.0
Miscellaneous Services②	11.60	104.3	100.4	99.9	100.0	101.0
Educational Services	[3.15]	98.0	98.7	99.1	100.5	102.5
Telephone and Other Communications Services	[4.21]	130.0	113.8	103.7	99.1	98.8
Medical Services	[1.84]	96.0	98.7	99.6	100.1	100.7
Consumer Price Index (B)
All Items	100.00	102.6	99.8	99.4	100.4	102.4
Food	27.32	99.1	97.5	98.6	100.4	102.1
Meals Bought away from Home	[17.65]	100.3	98.7	99.2	100.4	101.6
Food, Excluding Meals Bought away from Home	[9.67]	96.8	95.1	97.5	100.5	102.9
Housing①	27.70	112.3	106.6	100.7	100.8	106.0
Private Housing Rent	[23.89]	115.0	108.0	100.9	100.9	106.9
Public Housing Rent	[1.25]	89.3	97.5	99.9	100.0	100.1
Electricity, Gas and Water	3.37	86.3	87.5	97.0	101.0	103.2
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco	0.79	99.7	99.8	99.8	100.2	96.8
Clothing and Footwear	4.28	94.3	91.7	97.5	100.1	101.7
Durable Goods	5.67	111.2	103.9	102.3	98.0	90.7
Miscellaneous Goods	4.76	93.4	95.4	98.7	100.0	101.5
Transport	9.05	98.8	98.3	98.9	100.4	101.2
Miscellaneous Services②	17.06	102.4	99.4	99.4	100.3	102.5
Educational Services	[4.96]	98.1	98.7	99.1	100.4	102.1
Telephone and Other Communications Services	[3.21]	134.6	115.8	103.9	99.1	99.1
Medical Services	[2.92]	95.9	97.2	98.9	100.1	100.9
Consumer Price Index (C)
All Items	100.00	103.3	100.3	99.6	100.3	102.6
Food	20.41	100.1	98.8	99.2	100.2	102.0
Meals Bought away from Home	[13.74]	102.1	100.9	100.0	100.1	102.0
Food, Excluding Meals Bought away from Home	[6.67]	96.7	95.4	97.7	100.3	102.1
Housing①	29.66	114.5	107.1	100.7	100.7	105.8
Private Housing Rent	[26.11]	116.7	108.4	100.9	100.8	106.2
Electricity, Gas and Water	2.45	87.9	89.2	96.9	101.0	103.5
Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco	0.42	99.1	99.7	99.7	100.2	98.0
Clothing and Footwear	4.67	94.9	92.6	100.4	99.9	99.5
Durable Goods	6.99	111.6	104.5	102.1	98.7	94.0
Miscellaneous Goods	4.91	89.6	92.8	98.1	100.2	102.7
Transport	10.35	98.0	98.4	99.1	100.3	101.0
Miscellaneous Services②	20.14	102.1	99.1	98.9	100.5	102.8
Educational Services	[5.33]	97.0	97.9	98.7	100.5	102.4
Telephone and Other Communications Services	[2.27]	129.4	112.8	103.9	99.0	99.5
Medical Services	[2.90]	98.5	98.8	98.9	100.2	101.1
Notes : The CPIs from October 2004 onwards are compiled based on expenditure weights obtained from the 2004/05 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.
①Apart from “Private Housing Rent” and “Public Housing Rent” , the “Housing”  section also includes “Management Fees and Other Housing
Charges” and “Materials for House Maintenance” .  For CPI(C), the “Housing” section does not include “Public Housing Rent” .
②“Miscellaneous Services” section includes “Educational Services” , “Telephone and Other Communications Services” , “Medical Services”
and other miscellaneous services.