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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1992

AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 6% IN VOLUME.

PERIOD,

THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992, ESTIMATED AT $4.2 BILLION, KAS 14% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991.

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS RECORDED RAPID INCREASE IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BY 53% IN VALUE AND 33% I' VOLUME AS COMPARTI WITH A YEAR AGO.

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF FAST Forp SHOPS ALSO INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, BY 45% IN VALUE AND 33% IN VOLUME. THE SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF SOMP MAJOR FAST FOOD CHAINS IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1991.

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ALSO REGISTERED INCREASES IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BOTH BY 14% IN VALUE AND 3% IN VOLUME OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 7% IN VALUE AND 3% VOLUME.

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TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THOSE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.5 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAL TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 802 1258.

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