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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1989

QUARTER BY 10 PER CENT PURCHASES

COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE PRECEDING AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISION IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED SEASONAL FACTORS-TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME, RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 13 PER CENT.

WHILE THE

VALUE OF

BY

NON-CHINESE

DRINKING PLACES" PER CENT, 8 PER INCREASES IN

IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND AND BARS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 10

CENT

THE CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY. CENT AND 4 PER VOLUME TERMS WERE 11 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT 3 PER CENT.

AND

FOR THE THE ACCOMPANYING TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES

THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF

PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 AND THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988,

SHOWS

VOLUME

INDEXES

FOR

THE

OF TOTAL TABLE 2

THE VALUE AND

1988, WITH RECEIPTS BY TYPES OF RESTAURANTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF

OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS AVERAGE FROM THE QUARTERLY 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF QUARTER OF 1987.

THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 FOR THE THIRD 1988 AND

COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST THREE 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE GIVEN.

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RESULTS

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OF

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