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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1990

IN VALUE TERMS, FAST FOOD SHOPS RECORDED THE LARGEST GROWTH TOTAL RECEIPTS (27 PER CENT), FOLLOWED BY NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS PER CENT), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (14 PER CENT), "OTHER EATING DRINKING PLACES" (13 PER CENT) AND BARS (6 PER CENT).

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IN VOLUME TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, AT 11 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FOR BARS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED WHILE DECREASES WERE NOTED FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND DRINKING PLACES", AT 3 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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COMPARING THE FOURTH 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 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT.

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IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN VOLUME TERMS, BARS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 AND FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988. COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF

1989 WITH THOSE FOR 1988 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 556 6240.

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