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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987
"THE PROMPTNESS WITH WHICH WE HAVE BROUGHT MAJOR CASES COURTS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH OUR COURTS HAVE DEALT WITH THEM BE THE WARNING AND THE DETERRENT THEY ARE MEANT TO BE,
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TO THE SHOULD
HE SAID.
WAS NOT A PLACE WHERE MR NENDICK REITERATED THAT HONG KONG
"WE SEE OUR THOSE WHO COMMITTED COMMERCIAL CRIME WOULD BE TOLERATED. STANDING AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND TRADING CENTRE AS AT STAKE.
REPUTATION OF ITS INDIVIDUAL HONG KONG'S REPUTATION DEPENDS ON THE
THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE COMPANIES AND OUR DEFENDING THAT REPUTATION, HE ADDED.
MARKETS.
SCRUPULOUS
IN
MAY RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
ESTIMATED AT WHILST THEIR OF
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN MAY THIS YEAR, $6,632 MILLION, WAS 16 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MAY 1986 VOLUME WAS 8 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS
CENSUS AND STATISTICS A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY DEPARTMENT.
(TUESDAY)
BY THE
AND
COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR
17 PER CENT ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND
GOODS" ROSE BY 18 IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES AND "OTHER CONSUMER
PER CENT PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND 10 AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
AND
WENT UP BY 10 FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO
CENT 5 PER
IN
WHILE SALES VOLUME, CENT IN SALES VALUE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR FUELS WERE 6 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT.
RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE
BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
PER THE
VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN
VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE
VOLUME.
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED A IN SALES VALUE AND A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SALES
IN CONSIDERABLY
BOTH VALUE AND
DURABLES OTHER THAN
AND MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASE IN VALUE AND A MODERATE
SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER PARTS REGISTERED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME.
MAY 1987 WITH THE SAME COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS MARCH TO
IN VALUE PERIOD IN 1986, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
/RETAIL SALES