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Honorary award
The following press release is embargoed until 0001 hours tomorrow (Friday, June 28). The media should not attempt to contact the recipient before that time:
The Queen has approved the award of MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) (Honorary) to Mr Ng Ying-neen, formerly Assistant Director of Urban Services.
Mr Ng joined the Government service in 1955 and was appointed a Health Inspector in the Urban Services Department in 1958. He was promoted Assistant Director of Municipal Services in 1993 and was an expert on all aspects of environmental health and hygiene. He retired at the end of last year.
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Provisional statistics of restaurant receipts and purchases
The value of total receipts for the restaurants sector in the first quarter of 1996, estimated at $13.6 billion, increased by 3% when compared with the same quarter in 1995, according to the provisional statistics released today (Thursday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
After discounting the effect of price changes over the period, total receipts went down slightly by 1% in volume terms.
The value of total purchases of restaurants, estimated at $4.9 billion, increased by 5%.
Among the different types of restaurants, the total receipts of non-Chinese restaurants and fast food shops both rose by 12% in value. In volume terms, they increased by 7% and 5% respectively.
Meanwhile, the total receipts of miscellaneous eating and drinking places recorded an increase of 5% in value, but showed virtually no change in volume. Those of bars increased by 1% in value but decreased by 4% in volume. On the other hand, the total receipts of Chinese restaurants recorded a decrease of 2% in value and 5% in volume.