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The Census and Statistics Department is conducting the Annual Survey of Innovation Activities in the Business Sector for 2008. The survey aims to collect information on innovation activities in the business sector. About 5 500 establishments in various economic sectors have been selected to participate in the survey.
The survey is conducted under Part III of the Census and Statistics Ordinance (Chapter 316), which requires the responsible persons of the establishments selected for the survey to complete the questionnaire or cause it to be completed by an authorised person to the best of his/her knowledge and belief. It was notified as a mandatory statistical survey in Legal Notice 183 of 2002 in the Government of the HKSAR Gazette of November 29, 2002. In accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance, all collected information which may enable identification of individual establishments will be kept in strict confidence. Only aggregate information, which does not reveal details of individual establishments, will be released.
The Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mr Fung Hing-wang, appeals to all selected establishments to return the completed questionnaire to the Department by March 16, 2009.
If necessary, officers of the Department will visit individual establishments and assist them in completing the questionnaire. These officers will each carry an Enumerator Identity Card and a certificate for conducting the survey, which are available for inspection.
Enquiries regarding the survey may be directed to the Science and Technology Statistics Section of the Department at telephone number 3106 2176.
Ends/Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:30
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