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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, ESTIMATED AT $11.5 BILLION, INCREASED BY 13% WHEN COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO. IN VOLUME TERMS, THE RECEIPTS WERE UP BY 2%.
THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THIS QUARTER WAS $4.2 BILLION, 6% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991.
AMONG DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANTS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991, BY 30% IN VALUE AND 16% IN VOLUME. FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS, TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE UP BY 16% IN VALUE AND 8% IN VOLUME.
THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED AT A LESS RAPID RATE, BY 11% AND 13% IN VALUE RESPECTIVELY. IN VOLUME TERMS, THE RESPECTIVE INCREASES WERE 1% AND
3%.
COMPARING WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR DECREASED BY 3% IN VALUE AND 5% IN VOLUME.
RESTAURANT
RECEIPTS IN VOLUME TERMS ARE DERIVED FROM RECEIPTS IN VALUE TERMS AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.
THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.6 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,
SECTION OF CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER,
THE CHAI.
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SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.
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