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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1986

FOURTH QUARTER RESTAURANT SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED

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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985, ESTIMATED AT $5 019 MILLION, WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1984, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 2 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL RESTAURANT PURCHASES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985 WAS $2 156 MILLION, WHICH WAS 6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (14 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984. FOLLOWED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC.) (11 PER CENT), BARS (10 PER CENT) AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED A DROP OF 1 PER CENT. IN VOLUME TERMS. THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES BY 5 PER CENT, CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 3 PER CENT AND BARS BY 3 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT.

COMPARING 1985 WITH 1984, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT. FAST FOOD SHOPS HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE (15 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS, FOLLOWED BY BARS (11 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (4 PER CENT), OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (3 PER CENT) AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (1 PER CENT).

IN TERMS OF THE VOLUME OF RECEIPTS FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS SHOWED INCREASES OF 12 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, BOTH NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES RECORDED DECREASES OF 2 PER CENT.

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE VALUE OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES WENT UP BY 3 PER CENT. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

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