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FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1990

12

JUNE 22 OF A 2,900-SQUARE

QUARRY

PREMIUM

OF

THE SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON METRE SITE (INLAND LOT NO. 8740) AT HOI CHAK STREET, BAY TO DELOSA INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED $130,000,000 FOR GODOWN PURPOSES.

AT A

A 7,337-SQUARE METRE UNDERGROUND THE GRANT ON JUNE 26 OF

OF STRATUM

LAND

LOT NO. 8762) (INLAND QUEENSWAY, TO GTM CARPARKS HONG KONG LIMITED OF $25,400,000 FOR THE PURPOSES OF A FEE-PAYING PUBLIC CARPARK.

AT

ADMIRALTY, AT A PREMIUM UNDERGROUND

JUNE

THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY

1989 TO

1,213,000 IN

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS

FROM

IN 1,166,201 ROSE BY 4 PER CENT DECEMBER 1989 AND AGAIN BY 4.7 PER CENT TO 1,270,158 IN JUNE 1990.

FIRST QUARTER SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES * * *

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN 12 PER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, ESTIMATED AT $8,660 MILLION, WAS

WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 4 CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989,

OF A SURVEY PER CENT LOWER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IN PER CENT

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $3,458 MILLION, WHICH WAS 5 HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989.

NON-

OF TOTAL THESE WERE EATING AND AND OTHER

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, BARS, FAST FOOD SHOPS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN THE VALUE RECEIPTS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989. FOLLOWED BY CHINESE RESTAURANTS (8 PER CENT) AND "OTHER

PLACES" DRINKING

COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES OUTLETS SELLING BEAN CURD JELLY, AND SO ON (5 PER CENT).

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FAST FOOD SHOPS IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 7 EATING AND DRINKING PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR "OTHER PLACES" AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

OF

BE

BY

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER IS LIKELY TO 1989

AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON

TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS

WHILE THE 2 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME, VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS FELL BY 1 PER CENT.

NON-

IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND

CENT RESPECTIVELY, CHINESE RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER

FAST FOOD SHOPS WHILE THOSE FOR "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES"

AND CENT

8 PER CENT AND BARS, DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT, 2 PER RESPECTIVELY.

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/IN VOLUME