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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1993
THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.
QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY THIS ABOUT 26,000 ESTABLISHMENTS SAMPLED FOR THE 1992 SURVEYS.
AND THE
YEAR
TO
THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED ΤΟ RETURN THE COMPLETED QUETSIONNAIRES TO THE DEPARTMENT BY JULY 31 THIS YEAR.
ALL
SAMPLED
FREDERICK
HO,
MR ESTABLISHMENTS
THE
TO FULFIL COMPLETED
THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, APPEALS TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR
OBLIGATION LEGAL
BY RETURNING PROMPTLY
OF THE DEPARTMENT IN QUESTIONNAIRES AND CO-OPERATING WITH OFFICERS THE COURSE OF THE SURVEYS.
THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO SO MAY BE COMMITTING AN OFFENCE.
SURVEYS HAS BEEN
EACH QUESTIONNAIRE OF THESE ANNUAL ECONOMIC SO DESIGNED THAT RESPONDENTS CAN COMPLETE IT BY THEMSELVES.
IF NECESSARY, OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
CONDUCTING WHO CARRY A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD AND A CERTIFICATE FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENTS THE RESPECTIVE SURVEYS, WILL VISIT HELP THEM IN COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRES.
CONCERNED
MR HO POINTED OUT THAT AUDITED ACCOUNTS WERE NOT ESSENTIAL SUPPLYING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE DATA REQUIRED BY THE SURVEYS.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS FIGURES
TO THE PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS OR ESTIMATES WHICH ARE CORRECT THE RESPONDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION QUESTIONNAIRE, IF AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
STRESSED ALSO
THAT INFORMATION
ΤΟ
FOR
BASED ON BEST OF OF THE
INDIVIDUAL CENSUS
HE
TO RELATING ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE UNDER THE AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE.
DOES NOT REVEAL DETAILS
OF
ONLY AGGREGATE INFORMATION THAT INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE RELEASED.
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