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Journal Call no.HD38.2.E93
AuthorPerkin, Ian K.
Article TitleExpenditure survey underscores affluence and changing lifestyle / Ian K. Perkin.
Is Part OfThe executive ; v.17, no.5-6, May/Jun 1996, p.67-69, illus.
AbstractThere is more to be gleaned from the Government's five yearly Household Expenditure Survey [HES] than its most commonly recognised purpose of establishing the weights for Hong Kong's four consumer price indices. Because it is based on the expenditure patterns of typical households in Hong Kong, it helps provide a better understanding of the changing economic priorities of the Hong Kong community and lifestyle advances.