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IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT, NINE PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY FOUR PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT.
FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (15 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, FOLLOWED BY BARS (12 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (FOUR PER CENT) AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (TWO PER CENT).
FOR OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS REMAINED UNCHANGED. IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS SHOWED INCREASES OF
ON 12 PER CENT, SIX PER CENT AND ONE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE OTHER HAND, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES SHOWED DECREASES OF TWO PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND NINE PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF BARS ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. BOTH FAST FOOD SHOPS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES RECORDED INCREASES OF EIGHT PER CENT IN THE VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN THE VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985, AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF 1982 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE THIRD QUARTER 1985 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR
AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985 AND FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL.: 3-7216024).
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