CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - CHAPTER 316C CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (L.N. 78 of 1995) (Cap 316 section 11) [13 January 1984] (L.N. 16 of 1984) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1 (Repealed L.N. 78 of 1995) VerDate:30/06/1997 CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2 Interpretation VerDate:30/06/1997 In this order, unless the context otherwise requires- "export" (出口), in relation to trade, includes the business of- (a) exporting of goods; (b) acting as buying agents or commission agents through arrangement for exporting goods; (L.N. 78 of 1995) "hotel" (酒店) includes any place where lodging is provided on a fee-paying basis; "import" (進口), in relation to trade, includes the business of- (a) importing goods for wholesale trading or subsequent export purposes; (b) acting as buying agents or commission agents through arrangement for importing goods; (L.N. 78 of 1995) "restaurant" (食肆) includes any place where prepared food or drinks are sold for immediate consumption, and any catering service; "retail trade" (零售貿易) includes the business of hiring or renting goods; "survey" (調查) means the statistical survey referred to in paragraph 3; "survey period" (調查期) means the survey period specified in or under paragraph 6; "trading establishment" (貿易機構) means any of the following- (a) any undertaking engaged in wholesale, retail or import or export trade; (L.N. 78 of 1995) (b) any restaurant; (c) any hotel; "wholesale trade" (批發貿易) includes the business of- (a) reselling new and used goods to retailers, industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users or other wholesalers; (b) acting as agents in buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such retailers, users or wholesalers. (L.N. 78 of 1995) "export" (出口) "hotel" (酒店) "import" (進口) "restaurant" (食肆) "retail trade" (零售貿易) "survey" (調查) "survey period" (調查期) "trading establishment" (貿易機構) "wholesale trade" (批發貿易) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3 Annual survey of wholesale and retail trades, restaurants and hotels VerDate:30/06/1997 A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner every year in respect of trading establishments in Hong Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to the business thereof in the survey period. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4 Information required to be given VerDate:30/06/1997 For the purpose of a survey carried out in any year, information in respect of the matters specified in the Schedule shall be given in relation to trading establishments for the survey period and shall, not later than 31 July in that year, or such later date as the Commissioner may specify in any particular case, be furnished to the Commissioner in accordance with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may issue for that purpose. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5 Persons required to give information VerDate:30/06/1997 The information required to be given under paragraph 4 in respect of a trading establishment shall be given- (a) in the case of a trading establishment which is a body corporate, by a director, secretary or other person concerned in the management thereof; (b) in the case of a trading establishment which is a partnership, by any partner thereof; (c) in any other case, by the proprietor of the trading establishment. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 6 The survey period VerDate:30/06/1997 For the purpose of this order, the survey period in relation to any year in which a survey is carried out under paragraph 3 shall be the calendar year immediately preceding that year or such other period of 12 consecutive months commencing in that calendar year and ending not later than 31 March in the following year as the Commissioner may specify in any particular case. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 7 Sampling methods may be used VerDate:30/06/1997 The use of sampling methods for the collection of information relevant to the survey is hereby authorized. (L.N. 78 of 1995) CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 8 Application of order in certain cases VerDate:30/06/1997 This order shall apply in relation to a trading establishment notwithstanding that it commenced business after the commencement of a survey period or ceased to carry on business during that period. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 9 Date for destruction of schedules VerDate:30/06/1997 All completed schedules collected or received by census officers for a survey and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not later than 31 July in the third year following the year in which the survey is carried out. CENSUS AND STATISTICS (ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:30/06/1997 [paragraph 4] MATTERS IN RESPECT OF WHICH INFORMATION IS TO BE GIVEN (1) Type of ownership. (2) Type of business activity. (In the case of undertakings submitting a combined return, this information is required in relation to each undertaking.) (L.N. 78 of 1995) (3) Percentage of shareholding by country of origin of investment. (4) Name and address of undertaking. (In the case of undertakings submitting a combined return, this information is required in relation to each undertaking.) (L.N. 78 of 1995) (5) Particulars of business premises. (In the case of undertakings submitting a combined return, this information is required in relation to each undertaking.) (L.N. 78 of 1995) (6) Number and sex of persons engaged, by type. (In the case of undertakings submitting a combined return, this information is required in relation to each undertaking.) (L.N. 78 of 1995) (7) Compensation of employees, by type. (8) Operating expenses, by type. (9) Cost of purchases of goods for sale, by type. (10) Stocks of materials, supplies and goods for sale at the beginning and end of the survey period. (11) Business receipts, value of sales of goods, and other income and receipts, by type. (12) Acquisitions, disposals, depreciation and stock of fixed assets, by type. (13) Number of working days, shifts and hours worked, by type. (L.N. 78 of 1995) (14) Characteristics of transactions with parties outside Hong Kong, and receipts and payments arising therefrom, by type. (L.N. 78 of 1995)