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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1987

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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 1986, ESTIMATED AT $5 590 MILLION, WAS 12 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, WHILE THE VOLUME OF SALES WAS 9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $2 447 MILLION, WHICH WAS 14 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE (19 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1985, FOLLOWED BY BARS (13 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT), NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (8 PER CENT), AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC.) (7 PER CENT).

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, BARS, OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES; AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE WHOLE OF 1986 WITH THE WHOLE OF 1985, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT

IN VOLUME, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT.

FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS (15 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY BARS (10 PER CENT) OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (9 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (7 PER CENT) AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (6 PÉR CENT).

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 13 PER CENT. THE GROWTH, IN VOLUME TERMS, RECORDED BY OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES; CHINESE RESTAURANTS, BARS; AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS WERE 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER -- AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS -- TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT.

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