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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988

DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY TO ALREADY OPENED TO HONG KONG, ACCESS TO MARKETS THAT

HE REITERATED THAT IT WAS THE TRADE MAINTAIN CONTINUED ACCESS TO MARKETS REMOVE BARRIERS WHERE THEY EXISTED AND GAIN WERE CLOSED.

"WE

THE IN

WORLD LIBERALISE

ARE DOING OUR BEST MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TO MARKET ACCESS AND STRENGTHEN DISCIPLINE IN SYSTEM," MR SZE STRESSED.

ROUND

NEW CURRENT

THE MULTILATERAL

OF

TRADE, IMPROVE TRADING

RESTAURANT RECEIPTS UP 12 PER CENT

* * * * *

ENTIRE

$6.309

MILLION, WHILE

THE

SECTOR WAS 12 1987,

THE VOLUME PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

RESTAURANT

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988, ESTIMATED AT PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF

ACCORDING TO WAS 2 PER CENT HIGHER,

THE

TODAY RELEASED

BY (FRIDAY) SURVEY DEPARTMENT.

IN

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS

8 PER CENT THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 WAS $2,666 MILLION, WHICH WAS HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987.

SHOPS RECORDED ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD

PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE (27 RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987.

THE TOTAL

PLACES"

—

PER TEA

CENT), THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (17

DRINKING

COMPRISING HERB

SHOPS, "OTHER EATING AND

JELLY, ETC. (11 PER CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (9 PER CENT) AND BARS (6 PER CENT),

TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF IN VOLUME

FAST FOOD SHOPS,

AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES"

BARS NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS,

6 PER CENT, AND INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT,

2 PER CENT DECREASED BY 1 PER RESPECTIVELY WHILE THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS

I

CENT.

1987,

CENT

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE' AND 6 PER

RESTAURANTS INCREASED IN VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF PURCHASES BY BY 11 PER CENT.

IN VALUE TERMS, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH TOTAL RECEIPTS (25 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS

(13 RESTAURANTS

PER CENT), "OTHER EATING PER CENT), CHINESE DRINKING PLACES" (11 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).

IN

(19

AND

/IN VOLUME