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THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BOTH CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT, AND THAT OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" FELL BY 8 PER CENT.
COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1989, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT.
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IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR BARS, FAST SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES", AT 21 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS GREW BY 13 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY; WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS - TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.
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IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS WENT UP BY: 7 PER CENT, THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS, BARS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" RECORDED THE SAME INCREASES OF 5 PER CENT, AND OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.
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IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BOTH FAST FOOD SHOPS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT, AND THOSE OF BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 3 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE SECOND AND THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 AND FOR THE QUARTER OF 1989. COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTERS OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS PURCHASES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, OPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.
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ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 802 1258).
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