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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES RELEASED

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10

ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987, ESTIMATED AT $5,572 MILLION, WAS 14 CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS

1986, ACCORDING TO PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF

BY TODAY (FRIDAY) PROVISIONAL RESULTS CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OF A

SURVEY

RELEASED

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 WAS $2,454 MILLION, WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986.

ANALYSED BY TYPE

THE THE

RESTAURANTS IN 19 PER CENT

THE

BARS OF

RECORDED

LARGEST RESTAURANT,

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS (19 PER CENT) IN PERCENTAGE INCREASE

BY FAST FOOD WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986, FOLLOWED

PER CENT), NON-CHINESE SHOPS (18 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (16

AND

PLACES OTHER EATING AND DRINKING RESTAURANTS (6 PER CENT)

BEAN (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING CURD JELLY ETC.)(5 PER CENT).

OF RECEIPTS

FAST FOOD SHOPS IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL

12 INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT; THOSE OF BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY

OTHER EATING AND PER CENT; AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND DRINKING PLACES BY 1 PER CENT.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER,

THIS THAT

COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL AND BEARING IN MIND FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN BUT DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS; AND THE VALUE OF BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

VALUE PURCHASES

TOTAL

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED ONLY FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS WHERE

IN VOLUME, FOR RECEIPTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS REMAINED CHINESE AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS,

CENT IN VOLUME ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VALUE TERMS AND DROPPED BY 2 PER

PLACES DECREASED TERMS. TOTAL RECEIPTS OF OTHER EATING AND DRINKING

WHILE THOSE OF BARS BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TOTAL RECEIPTS AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF

REVISED FIGURES FOR TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE

FOR SECTOR RESTAURANT OF THE ENTIRE TOTAL PURCHASES QUARTER OF 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST 1987.

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