Overall consumer prices in Hong Kong rose 1.2 percent year-on-year on October, a slightly larger increase than the 1.1 percent recorded in September, according to official data released on Thursday.

Netting out the effects of all of the special administrative region government's one-off relief measures, the year-on-year rate of increase in the underlying inflation last month was 1.0 percent, the same as that in September, according to the Census and Statistics Department.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of increase in the Composite Consumer Price Index for the 3-month period ending October was 0.1 percent, and that for the 3-month period ending September was 0.2 percent.

Netting out the effects of all the SAR government's one-off relief measures, the corresponding rates of increase were both 0.1 percent.

Price increases were recorded for transport (3.1 percent), alcoholic drinks and tobacco (2.0 percent), miscellaneous services (2.0 percent), housing (1.6 percent), miscellaneous goods (1.3 percent), meals out and takeaway food (1.3 percent), and basic food (0.1 percent).

On the other hand, year-on-year decreases were recorded for clothing and footwear (-4.7 percent), durable goods (-3.3 percent), and electricity, gas and water (-0.3 percent).

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A SAR government spokesman said that consumer price inflation stayed low in October, with price pressures on various major components of the Composite CPI continued to be in check.

Looking ahead, overall inflation should stay muted in the near term, as domestic cost pressures are mild and external price pressures are subdued, he added.