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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1991

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF SECOND QUARTER SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES

THE

WAS 8.3% WAS 4.2%

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN SECOND QUARTER OF 1991, ESTIMATED AT $9,116.7 MILLION, HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990, WHILE THE VOLUME LOWER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).

THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991, ESTIMATED AT $3,430.1 MILLION, WAS 3.6% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.

AS FROM THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991, INDEXES OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS HAVE ADOPTED THE NEW BASE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 (QUARTERLY AVERAGE INDEX IN THE PERIOD BEING TAKEN AS 100).

THE REBASED VOLUME INDEXES ARE DERIVED USING UPDATED PRICK DEFLATORS, WHICH HAVE ALSO ADOPTED THE SAME NEW BASE PERIOD.

ANALYSED BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT, THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR FAST-FOOD SHOPS, "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" (COMPRISING HERB TEA SHOPS, CREAMERIES AND OTHER OUTLETS SELLING BEANCURD JELLY AND SO ON), BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 WENT UP BY 29.3%, 27.5%, 9.5%, 6.2% AND 4.4% RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990.

IN VOLUME TERMS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS AND "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" INCREASED BY 16.0% AND 14.3% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE FOR BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS DECREASED BY 4.3%, 6.5% AND 7.1% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

1990, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 7.8% IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 4.9% IN VOLUME; AND THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS ROSE BY 4.4%.

AND NON-

IN VALUE TERMS, INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR "OTHER EATING DRINKING PLACES", FAST-FOOD SHOPS, BARS, CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS AT 24.8%, 23.5%, 7.5%, 6.1% AND 5.6% RESPECTIVELY. ·

IN VOLUME TERMS, TOTAL RECEIPTS OF "OTHER EATING AND DRINKING PLACES" AND FAST FOOD SHOPS ROSE BY 12.2%, AND 10.4% RESPECTIVELY: WHILE THOSE OF BARS, NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS DROPPED BY 4.4%, 6.3% AND 6.8% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS DECREASED BY 1.8% IN VALUR AND 4.5% IN VOLUME, WHILE THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS FELL BY 5.6%.

/IN VALUE