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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1998
THE
CURRENT
EXHIBITION GALLERY FEATURES MARINE POLICE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MARINE POLICE AND EXHIBITS INCLUDE HISTORICAL
1.AUNCHES, AND POLICE LAUNCHES, OLD MARINE UNIFORMS, MODELS OF POLICE
INTRODUCTION ΤΟ MARINE HEADQUARTERS, DOCUMENTS. PHOTOGRAPHS AND AN
BUILDING IN KOWLOON, ARE WHICH IS THE EARLIEST REMAINING COLONIAL ALSO DISPLAYED.
SERVICES SUCH AS GUIDED TOURS, THE SALE OF SOUVENIRS AND PROGRAMMES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
VIDEO
SUNDAY, OPENING HOURS ARE FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM FROM WEDNESDAY TO
CLOSED ON MONDAYS, 2 PM TO 5 PM ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MUSEUM IS TUESDAY MORNINGS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM IS BY BUS ROUTE 15 (FROM TO THE PEAK).
EXCHANGE SQUARE
FOR ENQUIRIES AND APPOINTMENT
OF GUIDED TOURS, PLEASE CALL
5-8496018.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR SEPTEMBER
* * *
SEPTEMBER 1988, ESTIMATED HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1987 CENT
TO HIGHER,
THE
RELEASED TODAY
BY THE
ACCORDING (THURSDAY)
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN AT $8,596 MILLION, WAS 19 PER CENT WHILST THEIR
WAS 10 PER VOLUME
SURVEY PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, RETAIL FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 23 PER VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VÕLUME. FUELS ROSE BY 13 PER VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES OF CENT IN
CENT IN SALES
RETAIL SALES OF
"CLOTHING,
ROSE BY
21
12
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT AND
DURABLES INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. CONSUMER PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL
SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME. AND PARTS ROSE BY 32 PER CENT IN VALUE AND SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 25 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT VOLUME, WHILST THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR DEPARTMENT STORES 19 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT.
IN
WERE
/CONSUMER URABLES