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MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1993

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CUSTOMS TRADE DECLARATION COUNTERS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION

COLLECTION KONG

OFFICE,

LOCATED AT HARBOUR CUSTOMS HONG BUILDING, CENTRAL, WILL CLOSE SOME OF THEIR TRADE DECLARATION COUNTERS FROM JUNE 15 TO JULY 24 FOR INSTALLATION OF

NEW PROGRAMMABLE

CASH

REGISTERS.

COUNTERS

FOR PROCESSING

LODGEMENT

OF ONE

TO 50

TRADE

DECLARATIONS WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE RENOVATION PERIOD.

THE

OFFICE

WILL PROVIDE

LIMITED

SERVICES FOR PROCESSING LODGEMENT OF 30 TO 50 TRADE DECLARATIONS WITH PAYMENT BY CHEQUE.

LODGEMENT OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE, SUCH AS BULK

NORMAL DISKETTE LODGEMENT, OF MORE THAN 50 TRADE DECLARATIONS AND WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.

THEIR LODGEMENT

MULTI-

DECLARANTS AFFECTED ARE ENCOURAGED TO DECLARE AT THE KOWLOON COLLECTION OFFICE ON GROUND FLOOR, MIDDLE ROAD STOREY CARPARK BUILDING, TSIM SHA TSUI.

AND

EXCISE DEPARTMENT SAID FOR CUSTOMS A SPOKESMAN MODIFICATIONS WOULD RESULT IN SPEEDIER PROCESSING.

THE

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SURVEY STARTS ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE SURVEY OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1992 HAD STARTED.

THE ANNUAL SURVEY IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO COMPILE STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.

THE SURVEY AIMS TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE STATISTICAL DATA FOR EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND FOR ASCERTAINING THEIR COST STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND SALES LEVELS.

THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR FREDERICK HO, APPEALED TO THE MANAGEMENTS OF ALL SAMPLED ESTABLISHMENTS TO FULFIL THEIR LEGAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BY RETURNING PROMPTLY THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND CO-OPERATING WITH OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY.

/HE STRESSED