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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1993

THE BRINGS

TOTAL NUMBER OF ACP WITH A TOTAL

THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT CONTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO 32, VALUE ABOUT $30.6 BILLION.

VALUED AT

TOGETHER WITH THE FOUR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS $9.7 BILLION AWARDED BY THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE $5.7 WESTERN HARBOUR TUNNEL BILLION CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE

OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AWARDED COMPANY LIMITED, THE TOTAL VALUE

FOR THE ACP, ALL WITHIN BUDGET, IS ABOUT $46 BILLION.

0

RETAIL SALES PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER

VALUE THE

OF TOTAL

RETAIL SALES

IN

THIS YEAR, MONTH LAST CENSUS

SEPTEMBER ESTIMATED AT $15.3 BILLION, INCREASED 10% OVER THE SAME YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 4% IN VOLUME TERMS.

PERIOD,

STRONG GROWTH IN WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO A THE INCREASE SPENDING ON CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR, AND ON CONSUMER DURABLE GOODS OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES.

IN

RECORDED MODERATE SPENDNG ON FUELS AND OTHER FOODSTUFFS ALSO INCREASES. BUT THESE LATTER INCREASES WERE OFFSET BY THE DECLINE SPENDING ON MOTOR VEHICLES, JEWELLERY AND WATCHES.

SALES OF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR REGISTERED THE LARGEST SEPTEMBER 1993 COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO, 28% IN VALUE AND

IN VOLUME.

INCREASE 19% IN

SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES CONSIDERABLY BY 16% IN VALUE AND 14% IN VOLUME.

WENT UP

IN INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR SALES IN SUPERMARKETS, 11%

FUELS, 10% IN SALES OF

VALUE AND 5% IN VALUE AND 3% IN VOLUME; VOLUME; AND SALES OF OTHER FOODSTUFFS, 7% IN VALUE AND 4% IN VOLUME.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES DROPPED BY 5% VOLUME, DESPITE A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1%% IN VALUE.

IN

SALES OF

NO

OF MOTOR VEHICLES JEWELLERY AND WATCHES AND SALES DECREASED BY 6% AND 8% IN VOLUME RESPECTIVELY, BOTH WITH VIRTUALLY GROWTH IN VALUE.

WITH THE SAME AND 7% IN

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR PERIOD LAST YEAR, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 13% IN VALUE VOLUME.

COMPARED

WITH

IN

IN MIND THAT THIS AUGUST 1993, AND BEARING COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES SEPTEMBER 1993 DECREASED BY 5% BOTH IN VALUE AND IN VOLUME.

/THE VOLUME