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IN VALUE TERMS, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH TOTAL RECEIPTS (25 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (19 PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (12 PER CENT),

EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" (6 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).

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IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AGAIN SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE, AT 17 PER CENT,

THE GROWTH, IN VOLUME TERMS, RECORDED RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND AND BARS WERE 9 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT, 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

BY NON-CHINESE DRINKING PLACES" AND 1 PER CENT

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS - TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

BARS IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT AND

AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES", FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESB RESTAURANTS, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER

CENT RESPECTIVELY,

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE INCREASES FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS WERE 9 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE DECREASES FOR "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" FAST FOOD SHOPS AND 5 PER CENT NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS WERE 14 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.

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TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS

RESTAURANT AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE

SECTOR FOR THE THIRD OP QUARTER OF 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER 1988.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS

FOR BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT

THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

QUARTER OF 1988 FOR THE FOURTH ENTIRE YEAR

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FOURTH RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 AND

THE COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR QUARTER OF 1987. OF 1988 WITH 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

RECEIPTS AND THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT

OF 1988 PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER

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