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THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS ALSO REGISTERED A MODERATE INCREASE OF 10% IN VALUE, BUT VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE IN VOLUME.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS REMAINED UNCHANGED IN VALUE TERMS AND DROPPED BY 9% IN VOLUME.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS DECREASED BY 2% IN VALUE AND 6% VOLUME.

RESTAURANT

IN

RECEIPTS IN VOLUME TERMS ARE DERIVED FROM RECEIPTS VALUE TERMS AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE CHANGES. THE RELEVANT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.

IN

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 IS NOW ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL NO.: 802 1258).

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND

QUARTER TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH 1992 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993.

OF

OF

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY

1992 AND THE FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF TYPE

FIRST OF RESTAURANT

OCTOBER QUARTER

1993, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100.

1989 ΤΟ

ALSO

TABULATED

ARE

COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS

OF

THE

FIRST

QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THOSE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1992 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992.

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