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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1984

AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED TRADES SHOWED RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1983.

SUPERMARKETS, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES RECORDED MODERATE INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

A COMPARISON OF THE PERIOD AUGUST - OCTOBER 1984 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, SHOWED RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS, MOTOR VEHICLES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES ALL SHOWED LARGE INCREASES IN VALUE BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984 FIGURES, RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, ROSE $IGNIFICANTLY, THOSE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE MODERATELY, BUT THOSE OF SUPERMARKETS AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE OCTOBER 1984 SURVEY RESULTS WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CENTRAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1.00 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-7216024).

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NEW I.D. CARDS FOR WOMEN BORN IN 1949 AND 1950

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WOMEN BORN IN 1949 AND 1950 MUST APPLY FOR THEIR NEW IDENTITY CARDS BETWEEN THUIRY 7 AND FETRUARY 2, 1985,

+THERE ARE OVER 82 000 WOMEN BELONGING TO THESE TWO AGE GROUPS, AND A DAILY AVERAGE OF 3 000 APPLICATIONS IN THE EIGHT ISSUING OFFICES IS EXPECTED IN THE FOUR-WEEK PERIOD, AN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

THE EIGHT ISSUING OFFICES ARE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, MONDAY TO SATURDAY, EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

MEANWHILE, WOMEN BORN IN 1951 AND 1952 WHO HAVE NOT YET APPLIED FOR THE NEW IDENTITY CARD HAVE TO DO SO NO LATER THAN JANUARY 5, 1985.

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT NO AMNESTY WOULD BE GRANTED TO LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WHO WOULD BE REPATRIATED IMMEDIATELY ONCE DETECTED.

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