XN000022-1992-08-03 — Page 5

4

I

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1992

CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES ARE DERIVED FROM FIGURES ON THE VALUE OF RETAIL SALES AFTER HAVING ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES.

AS

IS

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAY 1992 RESULTS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

DIRECTED то THE OF THE CENSUS AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL 802 1258).

/TABLE 1