FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1986
IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE. AT 11 PER CENT. THE INCREASES IN VOLUME TER
'ORDED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS WERE 7 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTE, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT DOWN 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME AND THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT.
FAST FOOD SHOPS HAD THEIR TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN VOLUME.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
A NEW INDEX OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS TAKING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AS THE BASE (QUARTERLY AVERAGE IN THE PERIOD TAKEN AS 100) IS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT, REPLACING THE OLD SERIES INTRODUCED IN 1984 WHICH TOOK 1982 AS THE BASE.
THE RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INDEXES WERE REBASED IN ORDER THAT THE WEIGHTS USED IN DERIVING THE PRICE DEFLATORS FOR COMPILING THE VOLUME INDEXES CAN BETTER REFLECT THE UPDATED PATTERN OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS OF AND TOTAL PURCHASES BY THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE NEW VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS OF 1986, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
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