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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1993
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUGUST 1993 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL: 802 1258).
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JULY 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR AUGUST 1993.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF RETAIL SALES IN JULY AND AUGUST 1993 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF THE AUGUST 1993 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1993 AND WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1992, AS WELL AS COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
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