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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1990
KONG'S EXISTING VOLUNTARY QUALITY IN LOCAL
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO HONG INFRASTRUCTURE, THE INTRODUCTION OF A QUALITY
CAMPAIGN THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATION SCHEME AND THE LAUNCHING OF A
AMONG AWARENESS MARCH THIS YEAR TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF QUALITY MANUFACTURERS.
ACTIVITIES
WILL STRINGENT
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
THE ENABLE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR TO MEET
INCREASINGLY PRODUCT STANDARDS IN HONG KONG'S MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS.
QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES
FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990
THE
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN PER 15 SECOND QUARTER OF 1990, ESTIMATED AT $8,392 MILLION, WAS CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS ONE PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $3,294 MILLION, WHICH WAS NINE PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989.
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TYPE OF RESTAURANT, BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 24 PER CENT, PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY, ETC. REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT, SIX PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT AND NINE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
1989, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT.
IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER BATING AND DRINKING PLACES", AT 24 PER CENT, 23 PER CENT, 22 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT AND TWO PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
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