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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991

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PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR FOURTH QUARTER RELEASED

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THE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN WAS 11% FOURTH QUARTER

$9,401 MILLION, OF 1990, ESTIMATED AT

WAS 2% HIGHER THAN IN

VOLUME THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE THE LOWER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BY

WHICH

THE PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES

MILLION, 745 RESTAURANTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $3, WAS 7% HIGHER THAN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989.

PLACES"

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING

SHOPS, HERB-TEA (COMPRISING OUTLETS SELLING BEANCURD CREAMERIES AND OTHER

JELLY, AND SO ON) COMPARED WITH RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE, AT 17%, WHEN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FAST-FOOD SHOPS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS, AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, AT 14%, 11%, 9% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY.

IN

BARS

AND

TERMS, VOLUME

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF

EATING "OTHER

1% AND 1% DRINKING PLACES", FAST-FOOD SHOPS AND BARS ROSE BY 10%,

WHILE THOSE RESPECTIVELY,

OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS DROPPED BY 2% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING

INCREASED

1990 WITH 1989, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS

THE VALUE OF BY 12% IN

BUT DECREASED BY 2% IN VOLUME; AND VALUE TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS INCREASED BY 7%. IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL WHILE THOSE RECEIPTS OF BOTH BARS AND FAST-FOOD SHOPS WENT UP BY 18%, OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING DRINKING PLACES" INCREASED BY 15%, 10% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

AND

SHOPS FAST-FOOD

AND IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS,

WHILE NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS

RESPECTIVELY, GREW BY 10%, 4% AND 1%

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DRINKING PLACES" THOSE OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND "OTHER EATING AND BOTH DROPPED BY 4%.

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VALUE

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON 15 LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 6% IN AND 4% IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES ROSE BY 8%.

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BY RESTAURANTS

RESTAURANTS 9% AND 1%

AND

IN

TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS, VALUE TERMS,

CHINESE AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" WENT UP BY 12%, RESPECTIVELY, THAT OF FAST-FOOD SHOPS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, THAT OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 1%.

/IN VOLUME