CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF
EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL) ORDER

(Cap. 316, section 11)

[5 March 1982.]


1. This order may be cited as the Census and Statistics (Quarterly
Survey of Employment, Vacancies and Payroll) Order.

2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires-

'business undertaking' means any undertaking carrying on business in
Hong Kong, including non-profit-making bodies and statutory
bodies;

'survey' means the statistical survey referred to in paragraph 3;

'survey period' means the survey period specified under paragraph 6.

3. A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner on
the expiration of each survey period in respect of business undertakings
in Hong Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to
employment, vacancies and payroll in the survey period.

4. For the purpose of the survey, the particulars specified in the
Schedule shall be given in respect of business undertakings for the
survey period and shall be furnished to the Commissioner in accordance
with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may issue for that
purpose and within such period as he may therein specify.

5. The particulars required to be given under paragraph 4 in respect
of any business undertaking shall be given

(a)in the case of a business undertaking which is a body
corporate, by a director, secretary or other person concerned
in the management thereof,

(b)in the case of a business undertaking which is a partnership,
by any partner thereof,

(e)in any other case, by the proprietor of the business
undertaking.

6. For the purpose of this order, the survey periods shall be-

(a) January, February and March 1982;

(b) each period of 3 consecutive months thereafter.

7. The use of sampling methods for the collection of particulars
relevant to the survey is authorized.





8. This order shall apply in relation to a business undertaking
notwithstanding that it commenced business after the commencement
of any survey period or ceased to carry on business during that period.

9. All completed schedules collected or received by census officers
for the surveys and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not later than
24 months after the relevant survey period.

SCHEDULE [para. 4.1

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE GiVEN IN
RESPECT OF
BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS

Name, address, number of persons engaged and nature of business in respect of
each establishment submitting a combined return.

Business registration number.

Date on which the establishment commenced business. Type of ownership.
Nature of business. Number and sex of persons engaged. Number of persons
engaged by operatives (or site workers) and other persons. Number of
vacancies by sex.

Number of vacancies by operatives (or site workers) and other
persons. The amount of payroll for each month in the survey period.
L.N. 69/82. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of employment, vacancies and payroll. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Survey periods. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

L.N. 69/82. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of employment, vacancies and payroll. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Survey periods. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

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