SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1987
COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME 1 AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT.
FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, AT 15 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (10 PER CENT), BARS (8 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (5 PER CENT) AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (5 PER CENT).
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 12 PER CENT. THE GROWTH IN VOLUME TERMS RECORDED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS WERE 7 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME AND THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT.
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS OF AND TOTAL PURCHASES BY THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE THIRD QUARTER 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 AND WITH THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985, AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
CHART 1 DEPICTS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983 TO THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986.
THE REPORT ON QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 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 ON 3-7216024.
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