TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1992
IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 27.8%, 15.1%, 14.0% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 5.2% WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.
COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 9.2% IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 3.4% IN VOLUME. THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 5.4%.
IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES IN TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE RECORDED FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, BARS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS AT 29.5%, 25.7%, 16.4%, 8.1% AND
6.3% RESPECTIVELY.
IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, AND BARS ROSE BY 16.5%, 12.8% AND 2.2% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS DROPPED BY 4.1% AND 6.2% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 8.3% IN VALUE AND 6.0% IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 8.8%.
IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES INCREASED BY 27.9%, 16.1%, 11.5%, 5.5% AND 4.6% RESPECTIVELY.
IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 23.6%, 14.3%. 9.1%, 3.4% AND 3.2% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD, QUARTER OF 1991.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.
ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 AND THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.
COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECHIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS PURCHASES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 802 1258.
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