Contractor

  1. Complete the form and submit to the site supervisory staff within the first four working days of the succeeding month.
  2. Enter the number of workers engaged on the Site on each calendar day. Include only workers who have worked for at least three hours on that day.
  3. Include all construction workers employed by him and his sub-contractors, but not those by Nominated Sub-contractors. The number of workers engaged includes all levels of skill for a particular trade (see also Explanatory Note 2). Their wages are reflected in the range between the High and Low Daily Wage Rates.
  4. Enter the total number of hours of overtime during the month for the respective trades. For the purpose of this return, overtime shall mean working hours in excess of the normal working hours agreed between the employer and the employee. The Contractor should note the provisions in the Employment Ordinance governing employees' entitlement to statutory holidays, annual leave and rest days.
  5. Enter daily wage rates which include basic daily wages (employees' contributions to Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) included) plus guaranteed allowances per day (e.g. meal and transportation allowances) and paid leave (if applicable). Overtime pay and employers' contributions to MPF should not be included. The average daily wage rate should be a weighted value which can be obtained by dividing the total wagebill incurred by the total number of man-days employed for the trade concerned over the month. The total wagebill should exclude overtime pay and the employers' contributions to MPF.
  6. Be responsible for the accuracy of the data entered by him and, as far as practicable, provide supporting evidence if so required by the site supervisory staff.

Nominated Sub-contractor

  1. Complete and submit a separate return covering their workers as (a) to (f) above.

Site Supervisory Staff

  1. Check and sign the returns and forward them to the project office. Where more than one discipline of site supervisory staff, e.g. building works and building services, are involved, they should check entries for the trades under their purview and sign separately on the form.

Project Office

  1. Consolidate all returns of their sites and deliver the returns to the Census and Statistics Department within the first two weeks of the succeeding month.