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OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES TOTALLED $963 MILLION.

AMONG ALL EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, THE CHINESE-TYPE RESTAURANTS RANKED FIRST IN BOTH SALES ($3,892 MILLION) AND CENSUS VALUE-ADDED ($1,497 MILLION).

+THE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE RESTAURANTS AND BARS OPERATED BY HOTELS - THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE STATISTICS FOR HOTELS,+ HE SAID.

THE ESTIMATED TOTAL SALES AND RECEIPTS OF HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES IN 1977 WERE $1,100 MILLION (EXCLUDING HOTEL ACCOMMODATION TAX) AND THE IR CENSUS VALUE-ADDED $794 MILLION.

THEIR PURCHASES OF FOODSTUFFS, BEVERAGES AND OTHER GOODS FOR SALE WERE $142 MILLION. A TOTAL OF $251 MILLION WAS INCURRED AS LABOUR COST, AND $396 MILLION AS OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.

THE CENSUS COVERED ALL RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS ENGAGING 20 OR MORE PEOPLE, AND A SAMPLE OF SMALLER ESTABLISHMENTS. THE RESULTS RELEASED TODAY RELATED TO 3,672 RESTAURANTS AND 655 HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE CENSUS DID NOT, HOWEVER, INCLUDE ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH HAD NOT REGISTERED WITH THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION OFFICE FOOD STALLS- MOBILE VENDORS- CANTEENS IN PLANTS, OFFICES AND SCHOOLS- AND RESTAURANTS ATTACHED TO CLUBS OR ORGANISATIONS THAT ONLY CATERED FOR MEMBERS.

ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE CENSUS RESULTS ARE 727 RESTAURANTS AND 162 HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES KNOWN TO HAVE OPERATED DURING 1977 BUT WERE EITHER CLOSED, OR BECAME UNTRACEABLE DURING THE CENSUS ENUMERATION PERIOD.

+THE IR STATISTICS WILL BE ESTIMATED AND INCLUDED IN A FORTHCOMING REPORT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING A REPORT CONTAINING DETAILED CENSUS RESULTS, THE SAMPLE DESIGN AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CENSUS RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT BY TELEPHONING 5-444584.

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