CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF

RESTAURANT RECEIPTS AND PURCHASES) ORDER

(Cap. 316, section 11)

[14 January 1983.]

1. This order may be cited as the Census and Statistics
(Quarterly Survey of Restaurant Receipts and Purchases) Order.

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

'restaurant' includes any place where prepared food or drink is sold for
immediate consumption, and any catering service;

'restaurant purchases by type' includes purchases of foodstuffs,
condiments used in preparing meals, alcoholic and nonalcoholic
drinks, and all other items for sale to customers;

'restaurant receipts by type' includes sales of foodstuffs and
beverages, irrespective of whether the sales are in cash or on
credit, and all other receipts from customers;

'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 restaurants in Hong
Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to the receipts and
purchases thereof in the survey period.

4. For the purpose of the survey, the particulars specified in the
Schedule shall be given in respect of restaurants 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 a restaurant shall be given

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

(b) in the case of a restaurant which is a partnership, by any

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partner thereof,
(c) in any other case, by the proprietor of the restaurant.

6. For the purpose of this order, the survey periods shall be(a)
January, February and March 1983; (b) each period of 3
consecutive months thereafter.





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

8. All completed schedules collected or received by census
officers for the surveys and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not
later than 2 years after the relevant survey period.

SCHEDULE [para. 4.1

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN IN RESPECT OF RESTAURANTS

Restaurant receipts by type.
Restaurant purchases by type.
L.N. 10/83. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of restaurant receipts and purchases. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Survey periods. Sampling methods may be used. Date for destruction of schedules.

L.N. 10/83. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of restaurant receipts and purchases. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Survey periods. Sampling methods may be used. Date for destruction of schedules.

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