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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1988

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF QUARTERLY SURVEY OF

RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF

1987, ESTIMATED AT $6,533 MILLION, WAS 17 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986, WHILE THE VOLUMB WAS 10 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986.

THIS IS SHOWN BY THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 WAS $2,769 MILLION, WHICH WAS 14 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES", COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS BELLING BEAN CURD JELLY AND SO ON RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE (20 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986.

THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (17 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (17 PER CENT), FAST FOOD SHOPS (16 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).

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IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND BARS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE YEAR OF 1987 WITH THE YEAR OF 1986, TOTAL

RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS 20 PER CENT.

PER CENT IN INCREASED BY

IN VALUE TERMS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH IN TOTAL RECEIPTS (19 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY FAST FOOD SHOPS (15 PER GENT), NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (14 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" (14 PER CENT) AND BARS (10 PER CENT).

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE GROWTH IN THE TOTAL RECEIPTS RECORDED BY CHINESE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" AND BARS WERE 13 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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