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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990

HE POINTED OUT THAT COMPUTERISATION

IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE,

HOWEVER, A FULL COMPUTERISED SYSTEM WOULD COST ABOUT $200 MILLION.

ONCE

EVERY

FOUR

YEARS,

IT

IS

FOR

THE

"AS ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED NECESSARY TO WEIGH CAREFULLY WHETHER SUCH AS INVESTMENT IS VALUE MONEY BEARING IN MIND THAT THE EQUIPMENT MAY LIE IDLE FOR MOST OF TIME," HE EXPLAINED.

"FURTHER

EXAMINATION

THEREFORE IS

REQUIRED,

ESPECIALLY

USERS

28

TO

IN

EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF SHARING SUCH A SYSTEM WITH OTHER THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR AUGUST 1990 RELEASED

AUGUST TO THE CENSUS

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN AUGUST 1990, ESTIMATED AT $9,556 MILLION, INCREASED BY SEVEN PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH 1989 WHILE THEIR VOLUME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, ACCORDING PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

PER

BY 23

SALES

COMPARING WITH AUGUST 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 17 PER VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES OF

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL DURABLES INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT VALUB AND FIVE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

OF CENT IN

CONSUMER VOLUME.

IN SALES

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND CENT IN VOLUME. PARTS WENT UP BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 15 PER CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY

SUPERMARKET PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

CENT IN VOLUME. SALES ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND THREE PER SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT. IN VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.

WITH THE SAME COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990

VALUE PERIOD IN 1989, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT IN

FUELS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT IN BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF SALES VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 13 PER VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT IN

/ON THE