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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1984

SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES

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THE VALUES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 WERE ESTIMATED TO BE $4 225 MILLION AND $1 905 MILLION RESPECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1983, TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS OR BY 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS, WHILE TOTAL PURCHASES ROSE BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1984, HOWEVER, TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES EACH DECLINED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL RECEIPTS DECLINED BY 6 PER CENT.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, CHINESE RESTAURANTS SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, FOLLOWED BY FAST FOOD SHOPS (15 PER CENT), NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (11 PER CENT), OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (8 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT) WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1983.

IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AGAIN RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY BARS (5 PER CENT), AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD SHOPS (EACH OF 4 PER CENT). TOTAL RECEIPTS OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES, HOWEVER, DECLINED MARGINALLY BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMER IES AND OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY, ETC.) RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN TOTAL RECEIPTS OF 18 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS OR 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. WHILE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS OR BY 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS, THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS, ON THE OTHER HAND, RECORDED DECREASES OF 10 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT

THE IR RESPECTIVE RESPECTIVELY IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS. DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WERE THE SAME, EACH AT 10 PER CENT.

(A)

THE FIGURES PRESENTED IN THE TABLE BELOW INCLUDE:

THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR ;

(B) THE VALUE