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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1991

HAMISH MACLEOD ON SECOND ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS

MR HAMISH MACLEOD, LEADER OF THE HONG KONG TRAVELLED TO PEKING FOR TALKS ON THE NEW AIRPORT, SPOKE ON THE GROUP'S RETURN TO THE TERRITORY TODAY (SUNDAY).

HE SAID: "I OUTLINED TO YOU YESTERDAY THE MAIN

GROUP WHICH

TO REPORTERS

POINTS WHICH

OUR SIDE MADE DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS ON THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO THE NEW AIRPORT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AGREED THAT DISCUSSIONS HOULD CONTINUE THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS.

"I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF REPORTS ON THE TALKS THIS MORNING, NOT ALL OF THEM ACCURATE. SO LET ME MAKE CLEAR TWO THINGS:

"OUT REACTION TO THE POINTS PUT TO US BY THE CHINESE SIDE WAS AS I DESCRIBED YESTERDAY - NO MORE, NO LESS.

"SECONDLY, AS THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WITH CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG UP UNTIL

1997, WE SER IT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TASK TO BR WORKING AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE LONG-TERM PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG; AND PART OF THAT 18 TO GET ON WITH BUILDING KEY TRANSPORT LINKS SUCH AS A MODERN AIRPORT IN GOOD TIME. THIS IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY.'

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF QUARTERLY SURVEY

OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES

THE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, ESTIMATED AT $8,836 MILLION, WAS 10 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT LOWER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $3,478 MILLION, WHICH WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 17 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE THAT FOR "OTHER BATING AND DRINKING PLACES"

TEA COMPRISING HERB

SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEANCURD JBLLY, AND 90 ON REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.

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IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS AND FAST FOOD SHOPS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

/THE TOTAL