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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1986

ALL TRAVEL AGENTS, ONCE LICENSED, WOULD COME UNDER THE ORDINANCE. THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCTED THEIR BUSINESSES WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO MONITORING AND SCRUTINY BY THE REGISTRAR OF TRAVEL AGENTS. STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS OF LICENSEES' BUSINESSES WOULD ALSO BE EXAMINED AS A GENERAL CONDITION FOR THE GRANTING OF LICENCES.

THE REMAINING 100 APPLICATIONS WERE STILL BEING PROCESSED BY THE REGISTRY. THESE WERE EITHER APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VERY LATE OR CONTAINING INFORMATION REQUIRING FURTHER SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.

THE APPLICATIONS IN THESE CASES WERE NOT BEING REJECTED, BUT WERE STILL BEING PROCESSED FOR VERIFICATION OF STATUS AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED

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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN NOVEMBER 1985, ESTIMATED AT $5 865 MILLION, WAS FOUR PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN NOVEMBER 1984, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS TWO PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND NINE PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY FIVE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO, FUELS AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ EACH INCREASED BY TWO PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME. ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE MODERATELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. MOTOR VEHICLES AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES ALSO INCREASED IN 30TH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

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COMPARING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND - THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY FOUR PER CENT, IN SALES VALUE AND THREE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO RECORDED INCREASES OF THREE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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