HK Q3 restaurant receipts down 0.5 pct in value yr/yr

Published: 02 Nov 2009 01:04:04 PST

HONG KONG, Nov 2 - Hong Kong's restaurant receipts fell 0.5 percent to HK$19.94 billion ($2.56 billion) in the third quarter of 2009 from the same period last year, data from the Census and Statistics Department showed on Monday.

The government revised total restaurant receipts for the second quarter of 2009 to HK$19.19 billion, down slightly from a HK$19.2 billion provisional figure released in August.

The following are year-on-year percentage changes in the value by type of restaurant:

Q3 2009 Q2 2009

Chinese restaurants -1.3 -1.5^

Non-Chinese restaurants -0.7 -1.0

Fast food shops 1.8 2.2^

Bars -1.5 -2.3

^ = revised (US$=HK$7.8)