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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1975
PILOT LAND CENSUS STARTS NEXT WEEK
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A PILOT CENSUS OF THE LAND POPULATION BETWEEN JULY 14 AND 23.
THE PILOT LAND CENSUS WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON A SAMPLE BASIS COVERING A RANDOM SELECTION OF ABOUT 6,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN WAN CHAI, MID-LEVELS, POKFULAM, PEAK, WESTERN, NORTH POINT, YAU MA TEI, HO MAN TIN, KAI TÁK, YUEN LONG AND TAI PO.
ABOUT 150 ENUMERATORS WILL VISIT THESE HOUSEHOLDS DURING THE CENSUS-PERIOD.
EACH ENUMERATOR WILL CARRY AN IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND HE IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE IT ON EACH HOUSEHOLD VISIT.
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
PRIOR TO THE FIELD ENUMERATION, AN OFFICIAL LETTER IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE SENT TO THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS TO INFORM THEM OF THE PILOT CENSUS.
THE LAND CENSUS WILL BE THE SECOND AND LAST OF THE PILOT CENSUSES UNDERTAKEN IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S BY-CENSUS.
THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A PILOT CENSUS OF THE MARINE POPULATION LAST MONTH.
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PILOT CENSUSES IS TO TEST WELL IN ADVANCE, ON THE BASIS OF A SMALL NUMBER OF SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS, THE ADEQUACY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE PROPOSED QUESTIONS AND ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROCEDURE AND ORGANISATION, SO THAT ANY DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND RACTIFIED BEFORE THE MAIN BY-CENSUS NEXT YEAR.
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