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Table 2 shows the value and volume indices of total receipts by type of restaurant for the second quarter of 1994 and the third 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 third quarter of 1994 with those of the second quarter of 1994 and the third quarter of 1993; comparisons of total receipts for the first three quarters in 1994 with the same period in 1993 are also given.

The Report on the Quarterly Survey of Restaurant Receipts and Purchases for the third quarter of 1994 is now on sale at $3 a copy at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway; and the Publications Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 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.