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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1989
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES FOR 3RD QUARTER
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE
ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988, ESTIMATED AT $6,925 MILLION, WAS 14
SAME CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE
SURVEY
QUARTER
1987. RELEASED TODAY
OF
PER TO THE ACCORDING
THE (THURSDAY) BY
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER.
IN
RESTAURANTS
13 PER CENT
THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 WAS $3,001 MILLION, WHICH WAS HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987.
SHOPS RECORDED ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD
PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE (27 RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987.
THE TOTAL
+
PER CENT)
PLACES" SELLING BEAN
THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (18 CHINESE RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS CURD JELLY ETC. (8 PER CENT) AND BARS (7 PER CENT).
TERMS,
THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF IN VOLUME
FAST FOOD SHOPS,
AND BARS NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES"
4 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT,
ALMOST CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED
RESPECTIVELY, WHILE
UNCHANGED.
OF THOSE
COMPARING THE FIRST
THREE
QUARTERS
OF ROSE BY
1988
THE SAME WITH 14 PER CENT IN OF PURCHASES BY
PERIOD IN 1987, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL VALUE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT.
IN VALUE TERMS, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH TOTAL RECEIPTS (25 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS PER CENT), "OTHER EATING RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT), CHINESE DRINKING PLACES" (10 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).
IN
(19 AND
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 19 PER CENT.
FOOD
SHOPS AGAIN
THE
GROWTH,
IN
VOLUIME
TERMS, RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES", AND BARS WAS 9 PER CENT, 5 PER RESPECTIVELY.
CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT
RECORDED BY
CHINESE
NON-CHINESE
RESTAURANTS
/COMPARING THE