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SOME 1,600 HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES WERE IN OPERATION IN 1990, AN INCREASE OF 3% OVER 1989.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED INCREASED BY 1% TO 37.000 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

THESE HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES GENERATED $11.9 BILLION OF SALES, AN INCREASE OF 6% OVER 1989. THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOTAL GDP GREW BY 1% TO $6.7 BILLION.

EXPENDITURE OF THESE HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES INCLUDED $3.3 BILLION ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND $4.8 BILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 16% AND 7% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.

ALL VALUE FIGURES ARE EXPRESSED IN CURRENT PRICES TERMS. PERCENTAGE CHANGES DERIVED FROM THESE FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGES.

THE 1990 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TO ASCERTAIN THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND TO UPDATE THE SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOTAL GDP.

DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SURVEY, TOGETHER WITH TABLES SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL STATISTICS FOR ALL ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP AND ANALYSED BY VARIOUS ECONOMIC VARIABLES, ARE INCLUDED IN THE "1990 SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS" REPORT.

THE REPORT WILL BE ON SALE IN AUGUST AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR WAN CHAI.

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1248.

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