THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1988
IN VOLUME TERMS THE GROWTH IN THE TOTAL RECEIPTS
+ CHINESE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE
RECORDED BY RESTAURANTS, BARS CENT,
AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" WERE 15 PER CENT, 11 PER 7 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 7 PER
AFFECTED BY SEASONAL AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT IN VALUE
PLACES"
INCREASED
BOTH VALUE
AND CENT
OF
TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS DRINKING
AND "OTHER EATING BY 13 PER RESPECTIVELY
CENT AND 10 IN
PER AND VOLUME ; RESTAURANTS BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME; THOSE
THOSE OF NON-CHINESE CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT AND THOSE OF BARS BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
IN VOLUME:
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF
FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR QUARTER OF 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD
FOR THE SECOND 1987.
QUARTER OF
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM OCTOBER 1984
THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 FOR THE THIRD
ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 AND QUARTER OF 1986.
COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE 1987 WITH THOSE FOR 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
QUARTERS OF
RECEIPTS
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