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FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1993

DATE SET FOR NAVAL BASE MOVE

PRESENCE IN THE HEART OF WELL OVER A CENTURY OF ROYAL NAVY

TAMAR HONG KONG WILL COME TO AN END IN MAY WHEN THE NAVAL BASE AT HMS IN CENTRAL MOVES TO ITS NEW SITE ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND.

TAMAR

ON MAY 17 A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD TO MARK THE CLOSURE

AND ON IN CENTRAL

THE NEXT DAY THE

NAVAL NEW STONECUTTERS WILL BE FORMALLY OPENED WITH A NAMING CEREMONY.

OF HMS BASE ON

THREE

THE NAVY'S MOVING TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND ON THIS DATE WILL BE

CRAFT, HMS PATROL

PEACOCK, HMS

AND PLOVER

HMS STARLING, TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF SMALLER CRAFT AND THE NAVY'S OPERATIONS SUPPORT STAFF.

AND

HEADQUARTERS BRITISH

FORCES HONG

WILL KONG

REMAIN IN ITS WALES BUILDING IN CENTRAL UNTIL

THE

IN SITE

WILL CENTRAL

BE

PRESENT LOCATION IN THE PRINCE OF 1997. ON LOSING THE NAME HMS TAMAR, RETITLED "PRINCE OF WALES BARRACKS"

+

J

EASTERN THE AREA RELEASED BY THE NAVY IN CENTRAL THAT IS THE

INCLUDING THE BASIN, WORKSHOPS AND SIDE OF THE CURRENT HMS TAMAR,

IS DUE OTHER BUILDINGS

BE

BY REDEVELOPED

THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT.

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RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR FOURTH QUARTER

THE

VALUE

SECTOR LAST

WITH

RESTAURANT OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR, ESTIMATED AT $45.5 BILLION, INCREASED BY 18% WHEN COMPARED 1991, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

(FRIDAY)

PERIOD, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 7% IN VOLUME TERMS. PURCHASES OF RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 14% TO $16.8 BILLION OVER 1991.

SHOPS.

FAST FOOD LAST YEAR, STRONG GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR BARS AND

BARS OF

ROSE WHEN COMPARED WITH 1991, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS

SIMILARLY, THE TOTAL CONSIDERABLY, BY 46% IN VALUR AND 29% IN VOLUME.

29% RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS REGISTERED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF IN VALUE AND 18% IN VOLUME.

MODERATE

GROWTH

WAS

THE

TYPES

AND NON- VOLUME,

OF

UP

FOR RECORDED

OTHER

THE

RESTAURANTS RESTAURANTS.

RECEIPTS OF CHINESE TOTAL CHINESE RESTAURANTS BOTH INCREASED BY 16% IN VALUE AND 5% IN WHILE THOSE OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EATING AND DRINKING PLACES WENT BY 14% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.

/THE VALUE