This Order requires industrial undertakings in Hong Kong to provide specified survey particulars to the Commissioner and allows the Commissioner to run the survey, set the survey period, issue the questionnaire form, and use sampling methods.
Census and Statistics (Quarterly Survey of Industrial Production) Order(Cap. 316, section 11)[30 January 1981](Format changes—E.R. 6 of 2022) 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Census and Statistics (Quarterly Survey of Industrial Production) Order.(E.R. 6 of 2022) 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires— (E.R. 6 of 2022)industrial production (工業生產) means any of the following—(a) the manufacturing, processing, assembling, altering, cleaning, repairing, ornamenting, packing, printing, publishing, finishing or breaking up of any article or material;(b) the fabricating or repairing of any industrial, commercial or similar machinery or equipment;(c) the manufacturing, renovating or repairing of any transport equipment; (L.N. 521 of 1995)industrial undertaking (工業經營) means any undertaking engaged in industrial production;survey (調查) means the statistical survey referred to in paragraph 3;survey period (調查期) means the survey period specified under paragraph 6. 3. Quarterly survey of industrial production A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner in respect of industrial undertakings in Hong Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to industrial production thereof in the survey period. This survey shall be repeated 4 times in every year. 4. Particulars required to be given For the purpose of a survey, the particulars specified in the Schedule shall be given in respect of industrial undertakings for the survey period and shall, within one month after the survey period, be furnished to the Commissioner in accordance with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may issue for that purpose. 5. Persons required to give particulars The particulars required to be given under paragraph 4 in respect of an industrial undertaking shall be given—(a) in the case of an industrial undertaking which is a body corporate, by a director, secretary or other person concerned in the management thereof;(b) in the case of an industrial undertaking which is a partnership, by any partner thereof;(c) in any other case, by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking. 6. The survey period For the purposes of this Order, the survey period shall be any such period of 3 consecutive months as the Commissioner may specify from time to time in the schedule designed for the survey.(E.R. 6 of 2022) 7. Sampling methods may be used The use of sampling methods for the collection of particulars relevant to the survey is hereby authorized.(L.N. 521 of 1995) 8. Application of Order in certain cases (E.R. 6 of 2022)This Order shall apply in relation to an industrial undertaking notwithstanding that it commenced business after the commencement of a survey period or ceased to carry on business during that period.(E.R. 6 of 2022) 9. Date of 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 24 months after the relevant survey period. Schedule [para. 4]Particulars Required to be Given in respect of Industrial Undertakings (1) Particulars of the industrial undertaking(2) Number and sex of persons engaged, by type(3) Number of working days, shifts and hours worked, by type(4) Description, value, quantity and price of goods or industrial services produced or sold, by type(5) Value of stocks by type, at the beginning and end of survey period(L.N. 521 of 1995; E.R. 6 of 2022)