23-46  Average Monthly Household Expenditure by Commodity/Service Section by Quartile Expenditure Group
Commodity/	Overall		Quartile Expenditure Group
			The Lowest 25%		The Second 25%		The Third 25%		The Highest 25%
Service Section	Value	(Percent)	Value	(Percent)	Value	(Percent)	Value	(Percent)	Value	(Percent)
	(HKD)		(HKD)		(HKD)		(HKD)		(HKD)
Food	4863	25.8	2301	33.9	3978	32.4	5305	29.7	7870	20.4
Housing	5775	30.6	2257	33.3	3766	30.7	5150	28.8	11932	30.9
Electricity, Gas and Water	646	3.4	394	5.8	570	4.6	684	3.8	934	2.4
Alcoholic Drinks & Tobacco	152	0.8	108	1.6	153	1.2	177	1.0	171	0.4
Clothing & Footwear	812	4.3	129	1.9	399	3.3	702	3.9	2020	5.2
Durable Goods	868	4.6	157	2.3	395	3.2	739	4.1	2183	5.7
Miscellaneous Goods	937	5.0	304	4.5	592	4.8	875	4.9	1978	5.1
Transport	1793	9.5	488	7.2	966	7.9	1490	8.3	4231	11.0
Miscellaneous Services	3037	16.1	646	9.5	1446	11.8	2753	15.4	7306	18.9
All Sections	18884	100.0	6783	100.0	12264	100.0	17876	100.0	38624	100.0
Number of Households
(household)	1684000		421000		421000		421000		421000
Note:Household expenditures are calculated from the results of the Household Expenditure Survey conducted during October 2004 to September 2005.