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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1988

PLACES" SELLING

THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (20 PER CENT} CHINESE RESTAURANTS (16 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING - COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS BEAN CURD JELLY ETC (12 PER CENT), AND BARS (3 PER CENT).

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IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND DRINKING PLACES" INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT, 12 PER AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY WHILE THOSE OF BARS 、ENT.

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"OTHER EATING AND CENT, 7 PER CENT DECREASED BY 1 PER

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VALUE TERMS WHILE THE VOLUME OF TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT.

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TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THOSE OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT THEY REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME.

HOWEVER, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME; THOSE OF BARS BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME ; AND THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1987 AND FOR THE FIRST OF 1987.

QUARTER

RECEIPTS

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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE

WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).

DIRECTED TO THE

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CENSUS AND

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