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ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE (20 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.
THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY CHINESE RESTAURANTS (19 PER CENT), NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS (17 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING TLACES" COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC. (11 PER CENT). TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT.
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, + PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR BARS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT
RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS - TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE RUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF PURCHASES DY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.
IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES", FAST FOOD SHOPS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, AT 7 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING DECREASE RECORDED FOR BARS WAS 12 PER CENT.
IN VOLUME TERMS, FAST FOOD SHOPS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT, CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, WHILE BARS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES'' DECREASED BY 13 PER CENT. 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY ΤΥΡΕ OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 AND FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.
THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, OPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRAL, AT $1 FER COPY.
PLACE,
ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234941.
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