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Wednesday, November 1, 1972
HONG KONG REPRESENTED AT ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE
A delegation of five experts in various fields is representing
Hong Kong at the Second Asian Population Conference which begins in
Tokyo today.
The delegation, headed by Mr. K.W.J. Topley, Commissioner for
Census and Statistics, comprises Professor Gordon King and Mr. K.C. Chan
of the Hong Kong Family Planning Association; Dr. C.X. Choi of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong; and Mr. Benjamin Mok Ni-hung, Senior Statistician
of the Census and Statistics Department.
Among the topics to be discussed at the conference will be the
role of population in development; means of influencing population trends
and patterns; labour and employment; and human resources.
The conference, which has been organised by ECAFE, will continue
until November 13.
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