WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 4.3 MILLION AT END OF 1975
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THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1975 WAS 4,379,900, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 50,900 OVER THE END-YEAR 1974 ESTIMATE. THIS WAS MADE UP A +PLUS+ OF 58,200 THROUGH BALANCE OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS AND A +MINUS+ OF 7,300 THROUGH BALANCE OF MIGRATION.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS FOR THE YEAR 1975 WAS 79,790- THIS WAS 3,791 FEWER THAN IN 1974.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS FOR 1975 WAS 21,560, COMPARED WITH 21,879 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE FIGURES ON BIRTHS AND DEATHS ARE BASED UPON EVENTS OCCURRING RATHER THAN UPON REGISTRATION MADE AND THEREFORE DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THOSE RELEASED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN NOTED THE DECLINE IN THE OVERALL NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND IN THE BIRTH RATE, WHICH WAS 18.3 PER 1,000 POPULATION COMPARED WITH 19.7 IN 1974. SEVERAL FACTORS WERE NO DOUBT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, AMONGST WHICH WERE THE FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
ORAL ENGLISH EXAMINERS REQUIRED *****
THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION BOARD IS INVITING SERVING TEACHERS AND OTHERS SUITABLY QUALIFIED TO APPLY TO SERVE AS ORAL ENGLISH EXAMINERS FOR THE 1976 HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION,
APPLICATION FORMS AND DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE EXAMINATIONS DIVISION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 11/F., 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON (TEL. NOS. 3-688796 OR 3-688694).
THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS FEBRUARY 16, 1976, THOSE WHO HAVE SENT IN THEIR APPLICATIONS LAST MONTH NEED NOT RE- APPLY.
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