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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985

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IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, AT 12 PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1983. THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME. THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURB JELLY, ETC.), BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS WERE 10 PER CENT, SEVEN PER CENT AND FIVE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. AND THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN VOLUME TERMS WERE THREE PER CENT, THREE PER CENT AND ONE PER CENT.

COMPARING 1984 WITH 1983, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, AT 13 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY CHINESE RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT), OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (11 PER CENT) AND BARS (6 PER CENT). IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS SHOWED THE LARGEST RATE OF INCREASE, AT SIX PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (5 PER CENT), FAST FOOD SHOPS (4 PER CENT), BARS (3 PER CENT), AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (2 PER CENT).

BARS RECORDED THE LARGEST RATE OF INCREASE IN TOTAL RECEIPTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984 COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AT 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS ALSO ROSE, BY NINE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. HOWEVER, RECEIPTS OF OTHER TYPES OF RESTAURANTS DECREASED, WITH NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS FALLING BY SIX PER CENT IN VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME, FAST FOOD SHOPS BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES BY 14 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984 WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, 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).

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