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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 16 CENT.

1988,

PER

PER

FAST FOOD SHOPS, IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR

AND "OTHER EATING AND PER NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS DRINKING PLACES", AT 24 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND 14 CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE A DECREASE OF 2 PER CENT WAS NOTED FOR BARS.

SHOPS, OF FAST FOOD

2 IN VOLUME

"OTHER EATING NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS GREW BY 9 PER CENT,

THOSE OF PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE AND DRINKING PLACES" AND BARS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 5 RESPECTIVELY.

RECEIPTS TOTAL TERMS,

PER CENT

QUARTER

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE PREVIOUS AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS - TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS DROPPED BY 6 PER IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT.

PURCHASES

CENT BY

EATING AND DRINKING

IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER

FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 17 PLACES",

THOSE FOR BARS CENT RESPECTIVELY, PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 7 PER

THOSE FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, AND DOWN BY 11 PPR CENT.

WENT

AND DRINKING INCREASES THOSE FOR 15

IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER BATING PLACES", FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS SHOWED

PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. OF 11 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 3 BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE FOR

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST RESTAURANT SECTOR

OF AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE QUARTER OF 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 1989.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES

OF TOTAL RECEIPTS TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES

OF QUARTER

WITH THE 1989, FOR THE SECOND

AS 100. TAKEN BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985

1989 RESULTS THE ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF

SECOND QUARTER

OF HALF

1989 WITH THOSE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 AND FOR OF 1988. COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE FIRST

RECEIPTS AND

ᎪᎢ THE CONNAUGHT

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT

IS

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