CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTIC (ANNUAL SURVEY OF
TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES) ORDER

(Cap. 316, section 11)

[13 January 1984.]

1. This order may be cited as the Census and Statistics (Annual
Survey of Transport and Related Services) Order.

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

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

-survey period' means the survey period specified in or under

paragraph 6,

-transport establishment- means any undertaking--

(a)engaged in the provision of transport services by land. water
or air;

(b) engaged in the business of renting transport equipment,

(c)acting as an agency, management company. branch or
representative office of an undertaking engaged in the
provision of transport services by land, water or air,.

(d)engaged in the provision of supporting services or services
allied to transport by land, water or air.

3. A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner
every year in respect of transport establishments in Hong Kong for the
purpose of compiling statistics relating to the business thereof in the
survey period.

4. For the purpose of a survey carried out in any year, information
in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule shall be given in
relation to transport establishments for the survey period and shall, not
later than 31 July in that year, or such later date as the Commissioner
may specify in any particular case, be furnished to the Commissioner in
accordance with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may
issue for that purpose.

5. The information required to be given under paragraph 4 in

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respect of a transport establishment shall be given-

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

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





(c)in any other case, by, the proprietor of the transport
establishment.

6. For the purpose of this order, the survey period in relation to any
year in which a survey is carried out under paragraph 3 shall be the
calendar year immediately preceding that year or such other period of 12
consecutive months commencing in that calendar year and ending not
later than 31 March in the following year as the Commissioner may
specify in any particular case.

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

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

9. All completed schedules collected or received by census officers
for a survey and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not later than 31
July in the third year following the year in which the survey is carried
out.

SCHEDULE [para. 4.1

MATTERS IN RESPECT OF WHICH INFORMATION IS TO BE GIVEN
F\

(1) Type of ownership
(2) Type of business activity
(3) Percentage of shareholding by, country of origin in of
investment/

(4)Name and address of establishment. nature of work and number of persons
engaged. (In the case of establishments submitting a combined return. this
information is required in relation to each establishment.)

(5) Particulars of business premises.

(6) Number and sex of persons engaged. by type
(7) Compensation of employees. by type.

(8) Operating expenses. by type.
(9) Business receipts. and other income and receipts, by type.

(10) Acquisitions. disposals. depreciation and stock of fixed assets. by
type.
L.N. 11/84. Citation. Interpretation. Annual survey of transport and related services. Information required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give information. The survey period. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

L.N. 11/84. Citation. Interpretation. Annual survey of transport and related services. Information required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give information. The survey period. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

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