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Comparing with the preceding quarter, and bearing in mind that the comparison may be affected by seasonal factors, total restaurant receipts in the fourth quarter of 1994 increased by 1% in value, with virtually no change in volume. Restaurant receipts in volume terms are derived from receipts in value terms after adjusting for price changes. The relevant components of the Consumer Price Index are used as deflators.

Table 1 presents the revised figures for the total receipts and total purchases of the restaurant sector for the third quarter of 1994 and the provisional figures for the fourth quarter of 1994.

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

The Report on the Quarterly Survey of Restaurant Receipts and Purchases for the fourth quarter of 1994 is now on sale at $3 per 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 2802 1258.