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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1987

BETWEEN THOSE TWO QUARTERS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE

RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS- AND THOSE OF BARS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT

IN VOLUME TERMS.

BUT TOTAL RECEIPTS OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS; THOSE OF FAST FOOD SHOPS BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR TOTAL RECEIPTS OF AND TOTAL PURCHASES BY THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 AND WITH THOSE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 19851

AND COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1986 WITH THOSE FOR 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

CHART 1 DEPICTS THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983 TO THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 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 ON 5-8234941.

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