Sir,
STATEMENT BY MR P. JACOBS, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES,
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 23RD JANUARY 1985
Census and Statistics
(1985 Pilot Census) Order 1985
The Order now laid on the table of this
Council authorizes the Commissioner for Census and
Statistics to conduct a pilot land population census
in 1985.
2.
On 25th October 1983, the Governor in Council
ordered that a population by-census should be conducted
in 1986. As part of the overall census plan, a pilot
census will be carried out in 1985 to test the
organisation and procedure for the by-census in 1986.
The pilot census will, in effect, be a "dress rehearsal"
for the main operation. All aspects of the planned
system for the 1986 by-census, including the census
content, field organisation and data processing, will
be tested. The pilot census will be conducted in March
1985, and will cover a sample of about 12 000 land-based
households.