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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1987

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS

AND PURCHASES RELEASED

ENTIRE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE

RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987, ESTIMATED AT $5,625 MILLION, WAS 21 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 15 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OT TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WAS $2,455 MILLION, WHICH WAS 24 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERM THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE, (23 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986, FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (17 PBR CENT) AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC.) (15 PER CENT), FAST FOOD SHOPS (12 PER CENT) AND BARS (12 PER CENT).

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES WENT UP BY 18 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT. 8 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT

IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT.

IN VALUE TERMS,

CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH IN TOTAL RECEIPTS (20 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY BARS (16 PER CENT), FAST FOOD SHOPS (15 PER CENT), NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT) AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES (10 PER CENT).

RESTAURANTS

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 15 PER CENT. THE GROWTH, IN VOLUME TERMS, RECORDED BY FAST FOOD SHOPS, BARS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES WERE 11 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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