XN000022-1985-01-21 — Page 11

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1985

NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN TOTAL RECEIPTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984, AT 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. WHILE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, THOSE OF BARS INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME, BOTH CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS. THEIR RESPECTIVE INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS WERE FIVE PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984 WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CENTRAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL, NO.: 3-7216024).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO TABLES ARE BEING SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK. THEY MAY ALSO BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS NEWS ROOM.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984, AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF 1982 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF THE THIRD QUARTER 1984 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 AND FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983, AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1984 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

TRAINING FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

*****

SERVING KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY UNTRAINED ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR TWO TWO-YEAR IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES TO BE CONDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSES, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AWARDED THE STATUS OF +QUALIFIED KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS+ AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S REGISTER OF TEACHERS.

/ONE OF