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Comparing with the preceding quarter, and bearing in mind that the comparison is affected by seasonal factors, total receipts for the restaurants sector in the first quarter of 1996 increased by 2% in value and 1% 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.
Table 1 presents the revised figures for the total receipts and total purchases of the restaurant sector for the fourth quarter of 1995 and the provisional figures for the first quarter of 1996.
Table 2 shows the value and volume indices of total receipts by type of restaurant for the first quarter of 1995, the fourth quarter of 1995 and the first quarter of 1996, with the quarterly average from October 1989 to September 1990 taken as 100.
Also tabulated are comparisons of the results of the first quarter of 1996 with those of the fourth quarter of 1995 and the first quarter of 1995.
The Report on the Quarterly Survey of Restaurant Receipts and Purchases for the first quarter of 1996 is now on sale at $4 per copy at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway; and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, Wan Chai.
Enquiries about the survey results may be directed to the Wholesale and Retail Trade Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2802 1258.