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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1992

FIGURES ON RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR SECOND QUARTER

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, ESTIMATED AT $11.1 BILLION, INCREASED BY 21% OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE PERIOD, TOTAL RECEIPTS INCREASED BY 9% IN VOLUME.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992, ESTIMATED AT $4.2 BILLION, WAS 22% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991.

THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF BARS CONTINUED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992, BY 55% IN VALUE AND 36% IN VOLUME AS COMPARED WITH A YEAR AGO.

THE TOTAL

RECEIPTS OF FAST FOOD SHOPS

ALSO INCREASED THE SUBSTANTIAL

SIGNIFICANTLY, BY 33% IN VALUE AND 23% IN VOLUME. GROWTH WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF SOME MAJOR FAST FOOD CHAINS IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1991.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND NON- CHINESE RESTAURANTS ALSO WENT UP BY 19% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY. IN VOLUME TERMS, BOTH TYPES OF RESTAURANTS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 7%.

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD OF TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS ROSE BY 19% IN VALUE AND 8% IN VOLUME.

1991,

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS REGISTERED A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1% IN VALUE BUT A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 1% IN VOLUME.

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

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992,

WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THOSE OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991; COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE FIRST HALF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 IS NOW ON SALE AT $1.50 A 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, WANCHAI TOWER I, WAN CHAI.

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

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