XN000022-1986-10-17 — Page 9

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1986

THE FERRY CONCOURSE AT TSUEN WAN ROAD HAS BEEN REZONED FROM +OTHER SPECIFIED USES+ TO +GOVERNMENT-INSTITUTION-COMMUNITY+ AND THE PRESENT FERRY PIER HAS BEEN ZONED +OTHER SPECIFIED USES+ ANNOTATED +PIER+ TO REFLECT THEIR EXISTING AND PLANNED USES.

OTHER AMENDMENTS INVOLVE REZONING A +CARGO HANDLING AREA AND INDUSTRIAL+ SITE AT TSUEN WAN ROAD TO INDUSTRIAL+, AND ANOTHER SITE FRONTING TSUEN WAN BAY FOR THE SAME PURPOSE TO +CARGO HANDLING AREA+.

OBJECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD BY NOVEMBER 6.

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RESTAURANT SURVEY RELEASED

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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986, ESTIMATED AT $4 657 MILLION, WAS 6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 4 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $1 979 MILLION, WHICH WAS 5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (10 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1985, FOLLOWED BY BARS (8 PER CENT), OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC.) (7 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT) AND NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS (4 PER CENT).

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES AND BARS WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS HAD ALMOST NO CHANGE.

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS AT 14 PER CENT, FOLLOWED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (10 PER CENT), BARS (7 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT) AND NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT).

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