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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1988

THESE SURVEYS ARE CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME OF COLLECTING ECONOMIC STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT SECTORS IN

THE ECONOMY.

SUCH ECONOMIC DATA ARE NEEDED FOR ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC SECTORS TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF HONG KONG.

THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEYS WILL ALSO BE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL IN APRIL AND MAY THIS YEAR TO SOME 27,000 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH HAD DEEN SAMPLED FOR THE SURVEYS. THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED ARE LEGALLY COMPLETE AND RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRES TO THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

REQUIRED то BY JULY 31

ESTABLISHMENTS DELAY, THE THAT ANY

IN APPEALING TO THE MANAGEMENTS OF THE SAMPLED ΤΟ COMPLETE AND RETURN THE QUESTIONNAIRES WITHOUT COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS POINTED OUT RESPONDENT WHO FAILS TO DO SO MAY BE COMMITTING AN OFFENCE.

THE QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN SO COMPLETE THE FORM THEMSELVES. IF OFFICERS, WHO CARRY A GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED то ASSIST QUESTIONNAIRES.

DESIGNED THAT RESPONDENTS MAY NECESSARY, CENSUS AND SURVEY IDENTITY CARD, CAN VISIT THE MANAGEMENTS IN COMPLETING THE

ΤΟ

1 NCOME

THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT THAT AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT ESSENTIAL FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING

AND

EXPENDITURE.

ON PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS

THE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS FIGURES BASED OR ESTIMATIONS WHICH ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF THE RESPONDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF RETURNS.

THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED THEREFORE NEED NOT WAIT FOR THEIR AUDITED ACCOUNTS BEFORE COMPLETING THEIR QUESTIONNAIRES.

THE COMMISSIONER ALSO STRESSED THAT INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND THAT ONLY AGGREGATE INFORMATION WHICH DOES NOT REVEAL DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE RELEASED.

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