[MURSDAY, JULT IT; 1995
7
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RESTAURANT SURVEY RELEASED
***
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986, ESTIMATED AT $4 875 MILLION, WAS € PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $2 058 MILLION, WHICH WAS 4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985.
ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (17 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985, FOLLOWED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC.) (13 PER CENT). NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (7 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (5 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS WENT UP BY 14 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
J
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS FELL BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOR BOTH NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VALUE TERMS BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. WHILE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME, THOSE OF BARS FELL BY 11 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
(TWO TABLES HAVE BEEN SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION.)
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985, AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986.
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 FIRST QUARTER 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE FIRST AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 IS NOW 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 TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 3-7216024).
/Table 1