MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1985
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THIRD QUARTER RESTAURANT SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984, ESTIMATED AT $4 522 MILLION, WAS 11 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1983, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS THREE PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984 ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT UP BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.
THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL RESTAURANT PURCHASES IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 WAS $1 964 MILLION, WHICH WAS NINE PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983 AND THREE PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984. THE TOTAL VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984 INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1983.
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, AT 17 PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHEN COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983. THOSE OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY, ETC.) ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND FIVE PER CENT IN VOLUME. WHILE THE RESPECTIVE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS AND BARS WERE 12 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT, THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN VOLUME TERMS WERE THREE PER CENT AND SEVEN PER CENT. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS ALSO INCREASED, BY NINE PER CENT IN VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, AT 15 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (14 PER CENT), FAST FOOD SHOPS (13 PER CENT), OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (12 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT). IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT SEVEN PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT), BARS (3 PER CENT), AND FAST FOOD SHOPS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (EACH OF 2 PER CENT).
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