PRIDAY, JULY 20, 1984
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+WE SHOULD NOT HESITATE THEREFORE IF WE NEED TO INVENT AND EVOLVE OUR OWN SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HERE IN HONG KUNG, WITH ITS OWN DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, FOR OUR SITUATION IS UNIQUE, + HE SAID.
+CUR OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR: TO MAINTAIN THOSE CONDITIONS OF STABILITY WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO INCREASE OUR PROSPERITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OUR PEOPLE AND TO BRING INTO BEING A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD.
+WE HAVE BUILT A GREAT CITY AND WE MUST GO ON BUILDING.
+WE MUST FIND STRENGTH IN WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED AND FACE THE FUTURE WITH INTELLIGENCE, IMAGINATION AND VISION, BUILDING NOT JUST HONG KONG BUT A GREAT INTERNATIONAL CITY OF THE 21ST CENTURY.+
MR AKERS-JONES SAID HE BELIEVED THE 12 REPRESENTATIVES TO BE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE A REAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SPEAK FOR THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
+THEY WILL SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY AND THEY WILL BE ANSWERABLE TO THE PEOPLE, HE SAID,
RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES SURVEYED
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RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES OF THE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WERE ESTIMATED TO BE $4 454 MILLION AND $2 013 MILLION RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1983, TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES EACH DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. AFTER ALLOWING FOR CHANGES IN THE PRICE LEVEL, TOTAL RECEIPTS DECLINED BY THREE PER CENT
IN VOLUME TERMS.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983, HOWEVER, TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, OR BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS, WHILE TOTAL PURCHASES INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANTS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND CATERING OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY, ETC.) RECORDED INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, BY ONE PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHEN COMPARED WITH THE LAST QUARTER OF 1983. DECREASES OF SIX PER CENT, FIVE PER CENT AND ONE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE RECORDED FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS.
/IN VOLUMES