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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1994

MODERATE GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND IN VOLUME TERMS, THE FAST FOOD SHOPS, BOTH INCREASED BY 13% IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE 4% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

ON

CHINESE THE OTHER HAND, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF INCREASED BY 2% IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 7% IN VOLUME.

RESTAURANTS

WITH

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RESTAURANT RECEIPTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993, ESTIMATED AT $13.1 BILLION, INCREASED BY 13% WHEN COMPARED A YEAR AGO. IN VOLUME TERMS, THE RECEIPTS WERE UP BY 4%.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANT IN THIS QUARTER $4.7 BILLION, 11% HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1992.

WAS

AMONG THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANTS, THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF QUARTER BARS RECORDED THE LARGEST YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN THE FOURTH OF 1993, 33% IN VALUE AND 14% IN VOLUME.

RECEIPTS TOTAL

NON-CHINESE

RESTAURANTS

ALSO

ROSE

THE

OF SIGNIFICANTLY, BY 20% IN VALUR AND 11% IN VOLUME.

THE

SHOPS

VOLUME

TOTAL RECEIPTS OF CHINESE RESTAURANTS AND FAST FOOD

IN AT A LESS RAPID RATE, BOTH UP BY 11% IN VALUE. INCREASED TERMS, THE RESPECTIVE INCREASES WERE 2% AND 3%.

THAT

COMPARING WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND

TOTAL RESTAURANT THE COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, RECEIPTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 INCREASED BY 3% IN VALUE AND 2% IN VOLUME.

RESTAURANT RECEIPTS IN VOLUME TERMS ARE DERIVED FROM RECEIPTS IN VALUE TERMS

THE AFTER ADJUSTING FOR PRICE

RELEVANT CHANGES. COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE USED AS DEFLATORS.

AND

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AND

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993.

TARLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY QUARTER OF TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE FOURTH 1993, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

1990

THE FOURTH ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS OF QUARTER OF 1993 WITH THOSE OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FOURTH ARE QUARTER OF 1992; COMPARISONS OF TOTAL RECEIPTS IN 1993 WITH 1992 ALSO GIVEN.

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