FRID Y, APRIL 1, 1988
THE FOURTH AND LAST CONTRACT OF
THE
UPGRADED CONNAUGHT ROAD
PROJECT HAS YET TO BE AWARDED.
IT INVOLVES
THE
EASTERN
ELEVATED WALKWAY ALONG
THE
NORTHERN
EXTENSION
SIDE OF
OF
THE CONNAUGHT ROAD CONNAUGHT
ROAD
FROM
PEDDER STREET TO HUTCHISON HOUSE.
WORK ON IT IS PROGRAMMED TO START THREE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
IN
1990, AFTER THE
FIRST
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF JANUARY RETAIL SALES SURVEY
*
ESTIMATED AT THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JANUARY 1988,
IN JANUARY 1987 WHILST $8,056 MILLION, WAS 11 PER CENT HIGHER THAN
HIGHER, ACCORDING ΤΟ CENT THEIR VOLUME WAS 2 PER
TODAY (FRIDAY) SURVEY RELEASED RESULTS OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A
THE BY THE
PROVISIONAL CENSUS
AND
THE TIMING OF THE BUT IN COMPARISON FOR THE
THIS COMPARISON WAS, HOWEVER, AFFECTED BY LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, WHICH OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR JANUARY LAST YEAR, RESULTING IN A HIGHER BASE OF YEAR-ON-YEAR PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN RETAIL SALES,
ANALYSED BY
MAJOR TRADE GROUPS,
RETAIL SALES
OF FUELS JANUARY INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME IN
1987. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY
AND A AND TOBACCO HAD A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
VALUE SALES
DROP OF
ON THE SAME BASIS OF
COMPARISON,
RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING,
CENT IN VALUE AND FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 18 PER
GOODS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER ROSE BY 14 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND PER CENT AND 5 PER GENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
4
OF THE RELEVANT AND PARTS INCREASED BY SALES BY DEPARTMENT
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, WHICH FORM PART MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES 25 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME. STORES ROSE BY 23 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME,
CONSUMER
DURABLES
OTHER THAN
MOTOR
VEHICLES
AND PARTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SUPERMARKET SALES DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND IN VOLUME.
15 PER CENT
/WHEN COMPARED