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ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, "OTHER BATING AND DRINKING PLACES"

JELLY, AND SO ON) AND OTHER CREAMERIES

OUTLETS SELLING BEANCURD

1991 RECORDED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF (+22%) WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

THIS WAS

SHOPS (+17%), NON-CHINESE BY FAST FOOD FOLLOWED RESTAURANTS (+7%), CHINESE RESTAURANTS (+5%) AND BARS (+5%).

VOLUME IN

TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND

SHOPS FAST FOOD THOSE WHILE

PLACES"

AND EATING

AND 5% AND

BY 9% RESTAURANTS

OF "OTHER INCREASED NON-CHINESE BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 3%, 6% AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.

DRINKING RESPECTIVELY,

FOR

OF COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER

BE AFFECTED BY 1990, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANTS RECEIPTS DECREASED BY 2% IN AND 6% IN VOLUME, AND THE VALUE OF PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS 3%.

VALUE FELL BY

THAT OF

AND DRINKING IN VALUE TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING PLACES" AND FAST FOOD SHOPS INCREASED BY 3% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY, OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, WHILE THOSE CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND BARS DECREASED BY 2% AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.

DECLINE IN DRINKING RESTAURANTS, 6%

IN VOLUME TERMS, ALL RESTAURANT TYPES RECORDED A TOTAL RECEIPTS, THE MAGNITUDE BEING 1% FOR "OTHER EATING AND PLACES", 2% FOR FAST FOOD SHOPS, 5% FOR NON-CHINESE FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND 12% FOR BARS.

AND THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS

NOW ON SALE AT THE PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 IS

CONNAUGHT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL. AT $1.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES

ON THE

BE

DIRECTED

TO THE

MAY RESULTS SURVEY WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 802 1258),

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY THE FIRST TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 AND FOR

OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ OF QUARTER

1991, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE FIRST QUARTER RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 AND FOR QUARTER OF 1990.

OF 1991

THE

FIRST

/TABLE 1