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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1994

RESTAURANT

RECEIPTS

THE RELEVANT

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

THE REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 IS NOW ON SALE AT $3 PER 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 ON TEL 802 1258.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED FIGURES FOR THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND TOTAL PURCHASES OF THE RESTAURANT SECTOR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDICES OF TOTAL RECEIPTS BY TYPE OF RESTAURANT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994, WITH THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER 1990 TAKEN AS 100..

ALSO TABULATED ARE COMPARISONS OF THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 WITH THOSE OF THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993.

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