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Compared with the third quarter of 1995, and bearing in mind that this comparison may be affected by the seasonal factor, marked increases of 25% and 18% were recorded in the hotels and financing (except banking) industries in the fourth quarter.

Table 1 presents the provisional business receipts indices for service industries for the fourth quarter of 1995 and the revised indices for the third quarter of 1995, with the quarterly average of business receipts in 1992 taken as 100.

Also tabulated are comparisons of the results of the fourth quarter of 1995 with those of the third quarter of 1995 and the fourth quarter of 1994. Comparisons of total business receipts in 1995 with 1994 are also given.

Table 2 shows the time series of quarterly business receipts indices. Annual indices are also included.

Statistics on banking are obtained from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority; and those on retail and restaurants businesses are obtained from two existing survey's regularly conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.

The report "Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for Service Industries, Fourth Quarter 1995" is now on sale at $7 per copy at the Government Publications Centre of the Information Services Department, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong. It can also be purchased from the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Enquiries about the survey results may be directed to the Business Services Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2802 1244.