Cap. 316 sub. leg. M

Census and Statistics (Quarterly Survey of Service Industries) Order(Cap. 316, section 11)(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 2 of 2014)[25 February 1994](Format changes—E.R. 6 of 2022) 1. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—administrative and support service activities (行政及支援服務活動) includes—(a) rental and leasing activities;(b) employment service activities;(c) travel agency activities, reservation service activities, and related activities;(d) security activities, and investigation activities;(e) services to buildings, and landscape care activities; and(f) office administrative activities, office support activities, and other business support activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)bank (銀行) has the same meaning as in the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155); (L.N. 219 of 2009)business establishment (商業機構) means an establishment engaged in activity in the service industries;business receipts (業務收入) includes the value of all sales of goods, receipts from customers for services rendered to them and income from other sources;deposit-taking company (接受存款公司) has the same meaning as in the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155); (L.N. 219 of 2009)financing (財務) includes the business of all finance, loans, mortgage and discount companies, dealers or brokers and exchanges in stocks and shares, commodity futures, gold bullion and foreign currency, and pawnshops and money changers, but does not include the business of banks, deposit-taking companies, restricted licence banks, representative offices of foreign banks and holding companies; (23 of 1998 s. 2; L.N. 219 of 2009)foreign bank (外地銀行) means a bank formed or established outside Hong Kong; (L.N. 219 of 2009)hotel (酒店) includes any place where lodging is provided on a fee-paying basis;import and export (進口及出口) includes the business of importing goods for wholesaling, exporting goods, and acting as a buying agency or commission agency through arrangement for importing and exporting goods;information and communications (資訊及通訊) includes—(a) publishing activities;(b) motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities;(c) programming activities, and broadcasting activities;(d) telecommunications service activities;(e) information technology service activities; and(f) information service activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)insurance (保險) includes the business of insurers, reinsurers, agents and brokers of all kinds of insurance and related insurance services;professional, scientific and technical activities (專業、科學及技術活動) includes—(a) legal activities, and accounting activities;(b) activities of head offices, management activities, and management consultancy activities;(c) architecture activities, engineering activities, and technical testing and analysis activities;(d) scientific research and development activities;(e) veterinary service activities;(f) advertising activities, and market research activities;(g) specialized design activities;(h) photographic activities; and(i) translation and interpretation service activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)real estate activities (地產活動) includes—(a) real estate activities with own or leased property; and(b) real estate activities on a fee or contract basis; (L.N. 229 of 2008)representative office (代表辦事處), in relation to a foreign bank, means a representative office of the foreign bank in Hong Kong; (L.N. 219 of 2009)restricted licence bank (有限制牌照銀行) has the same meaning as in the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155); (L.N. 219 of 2009)service industries (服務行業) means any of the following industries—(a) wholesale;(b) import and export;(c) hotel;(d)-(f) (Repealed L.N. 229 of 2008)(g) financing;(h) insurance;(i)-(j) (Repealed L.N. 229 of 2008)(k) administrative and support service activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)(l) information and communications; (L.N. 229 of 2008)(m) professional, scientific and technical activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)(n) real estate activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)(o) social, personal and miscellaneous services; (L.N. 229 of 2008)(p) transportation, storage, postal and courier services; (L.N. 229 of 2008)social, personal and miscellaneous services (社會、個人及雜項服務) includes—(a) education activities;(b) human health activities, and social work activities;(c) arts activities, entertainment activities, and recreation activities;(d) activities of repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, computers, personal and household goods; and(e) activities of care and training services for pets and animals; (L.N. 229 of 2008)survey (調查) means the statistical survey referred to in section 2;survey period (調查期) means the survey period specified in or under section 5;transportation, storage, postal and courier services (運輸、倉庫、郵政及速遞服務) includes—(a) land transport activities;(b) water transport activities;(c) air transport activities;(d) warehousing service activities, and support activities for transportation; and(e) postal activities, and courier activities; (L.N. 229 of 2008)wholesale (批發) includes the business of reselling new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers.(L.N. 229 of 2008) 2. Quarterly survey of service industries A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner on the expiration of each survey period in respect of business establishments in Hong Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to—(a) their business receipts;(b) the changes in the book value of their stocks of goods intended for sale; and(c) the changes in the prices of services rendered to customers by them,in the survey period.(L.N. 290 of 1998) 3. Information required to be given For the purpose of the survey, information in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule shall be given in relation to business establishments in the service industries for the survey period and shall be furnished to the Commissioner in accordance with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may issue for that purpose and within such period as he may therein specify. 4. Persons required to give information The information required to be given under section 3 in respect of a business establishment shall be given—(a) in the case of a business establishment which is a body corporate, by a director, secretary or other person concerned in the management thereof;(b) in the case of a business establishment which is a partnership, by any partner thereof;(c) in any other case, by the proprietor of the business establishment. 5. Survey period For the purpose of this Order, the survey period shall be—(a) the first 3 months of 1994;(b) each period of 3 consecutive months thereafter. 6. Sampling methods may be used The use of sampling methods for the collection of information relevant to any survey is hereby authorized. 7. Application of Order in certain cases This Order shall apply in relation to a business establishment notwithstanding that it commences business after the commencement of a survey period or ceases to carry on business during that period. 8. Date for destruction of schedules All completed schedules collected or received by census officers for a survey and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not later than 2 years after the relevant survey period. Schedule [s. 3]Matters in respect of which Information is Required to be Given 1. Name and address of the business establishment 2. Type of business activity 3. Business receipts, by type 4. Number of persons engaged 5. Book value of stocks of goods intended for sale (L.N. 290 of 1998) 6. Descriptions and prices of services rendered to customers (L.N. 290 of 1998) Where information in respect of the above matters is given in relation to business establishments by furnishing a combined questionnaire, the information in respect of items 1, 2 and 4 is required to be given in relation to each business establishment.(L.N. 75 of 1997; E.R. 6 of 2022)