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MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1993

THE NEW

LAUNDRY

SHUM

WAN ROAD

SERVE

IN

WILL HOSPITAL AND ALL CLINICS AND POLYCLINICS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS.

WORKS OF THIS CONTRACT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK FOR MARCH 1994.

MARY QUEEN AND WESTERN,

COMPLETION IN

SEWER WILL COLLECT AND CONVEY UPON COMPLETION, THE GRAVITY

WAN ROAD ΤΟ SEWAGE FROM THE NEW LAUNDRY AND DEVELOPMENTS ALONG SHUM THE PUMPING STATION.

THE

STATION WILL THEN BY MEANS OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, THE PUMPING PUMP THE SEWAGE THROUGH THE RISING MAIN TO AN EXISTING MANHOLE AT JUNCTION OF NAM LONG SHAN ROAD AND SHUM WAN ROAD.

LEADING ΤΟ FINALLY DISCHARGED

THE SEWAGE WILL DISCHARGE INTO THE EXISTING SEWERS THE ABERDEEN SCREENING PLANT FOR TREATMENT BEFORE TO THE EAST LAMMA CHANNEL, THROUGH A SUBMARINE OUTFALL.

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RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FIGURES FOR THIRD QUARTER

* * *

THE

BY

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, ESTIMATED AT $12 BILLION, INCREASED 21% WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991 ACCORDING ΤΟ THE PROVISIONAL STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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AFTER DISCOUNT ENG THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 9%.

PERIOD,

THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992. ESTIMATED AT $4.3 BILLION, WAS 15% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991.

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS CONTINUED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY IN THE QUARTER OF 1992, BY 50% IN VALUE AND 35% IN VOLUME AS COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO.

THIRD

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS бург FAST FOOD SHOPS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY, BY 25% IN VALUE AND 16% IN VOLUME.

THE

INCREASED

AND

NON-

F

IN VOLUME

VALUE OF TOTAL RECRIPTS FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 20% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY. TERMS, BOTH TYPES OF RESTAURANTS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 8%.

COMPARING THE FIRST THRER QUARTERS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD TOTAL RESTAURANT RECRIPTS ROSE BY 20% IN VALUE AND 8%

OF 1991,

VOLUME.

IN

/COMPARING THE