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"Information provided by households will be kept in the strictest confidence and will not be released to other government departments and external organisations in any identifiable form. It will be used by this Department solely for producing statistics, from which particulars of individual households cannot be identified," the spokesman added.

The spokesman appealed to all households to co-operate fully if they were selected to participate in the 1994-95 Household Expenditure Survey in the coming months.

Anyone who has queries about the survey may call the Department at 2805 6101 or 2805 6102 during office hours.

End/Monday, April 24, 1995

Supply of particulars in Central Register of Establishments

Updated information kept in the Central Register of Establishments in respect of the fourth quarter of 1994 is now available.

The Census and Statistics Department maintains a comprehensive and up-to- date computerised Central Register of Establishments which contains around 400,000 active business establishments in Hong Kong.

The Register serves mainly as the sampling frame for various economic surveys conducted by the department.

Besides, many other government departments and private organisations also make use of the records kept in the Register in their publicity, business promotion, survey and research work.

Information kept in the Register is updated on a quarterly basis.

A sample listing containing 20 per cent of the records randomly selected from the Register is accessible by prospective users.