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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1985

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AND BARS WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT AND SEVEN PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT, TWO PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, AT 16 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY BARS (10 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (EACH OF TWO PER CENT), AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (ONE PER CENT).

IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 13 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY BARS (FIVE PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES SHOWED DECREASES OF ONE PER CENT, TWO PER CENT AND FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FAST FOOD SHOPS REPORTED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN TOTAL RECEIPTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985 COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AT 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND FIVE PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME.

HOWEVER, RECEIPTS OF BARS DECREASED BY FOUR PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY NINE PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985, AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985.

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 SECOND QUARTER 1985 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 AND FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984, AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE TWO TABLES WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND

BOXED FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985 IS NOW 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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