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Examples of statistical items included in the reports are:
number of establishments, number of persons engaged; compensation of employees;
gross output, sales of goods, business receipts and other income; value added (a measure of contribution to gross domestic product);
purchases of goods and materials;
other operating expenses; and
gross additions to fixed assets;
Apart from statistics relating to the year 1993, the reports also contain summary statistics for the year 1991 and 1992 to facilitate comparison in recent years.
The statistics contain in the reports are useful to both the Government and the private sector in formulating policies and making decisions.
Copies of the reports may be purchased at the Government Publications Centre of the Information Services Department, Low Block, ground floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
End/Monday, September 25, 1995
Field workers recruitment for 1996 Population By-census
Data on the population of Hong Kong to be collected in the 1996 Population By-census next March were vital to the planning of services of the Government, the Assistant Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Dr C M Luk, said at a luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Victoria today (Monday).
The 1996 Population By-census will be conducted from March 16 to 24 next About one-seventh of all households in Hong Kong will be selected for enumeration.
year.
Some 7,800 temporary field workers will be mobilised to carry out the field work. The recruitment programme, which has already begun and will run till mid- October, is targeted at school teachers, Secondary 6 and post-secondary institutes students.