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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1990

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF QUARTERLY SURVEY

OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989, ESTIMATED AT $8,061 MILLION, WAS 16 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1988, WHILE THE VOLUME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED 'TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 WAS $3,308 MILLION, WHICH WAS 10 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE (28 PER CENT) IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988.

THESE WERE FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS (19 PER CENT) CHINESE RESTAURANTS (15 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES

COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY ETC. (14 PER CENT) AND BARS (5 PER CENT).

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IN VOLUME TERMS TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, WHILE THOSE FOR BARS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME; AND THE TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT.

IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" GREW BY 25 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR BARS RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE.

IN VOLUME TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS. AT 10 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. WHILE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" AND BARS, AT 1 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT.

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