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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1988

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COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED SEASONAL FACTORS - TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS WENT UP BY 7 PER CENT VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE VALUE OF RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT.

PURCHASES

TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 12 CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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HOWEVER, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME; THOSE OF SHOPS BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME; NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE THIRD OF 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987.

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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. ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 AND FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986. COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR OF 1987 WITH THE YEAR OF 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 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 ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).

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