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TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 4% IN VALUE AND 2% IN VOLUME.

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

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THOSE OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990; COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS IN 1991 1990 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS PURCHASES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, CHAI.

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