SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1978
POPULATION IN MID-1978
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THE ESTIMATED POPULATION IN HONG KONG AT THE END OF JUNE 1978 WAS 4,606,300, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS SAID TODAY.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 39,415 PERSONS OVER THE END-1977 ESTIMATE. THIS WAS MADE UP OF A +PLUS+ OF 23,515 THROUGH THE BALANCE OF BIRTHS OVER DEATHS AND A GAIN OF 15,900 PERSONS THROUGH THE BALANCE OF MIGRATION.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1978 WAS 35,794- THIS WAS 835 LESS THAN THE FIGURE FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1978 WAS 12,279, AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE OF 12,484 RECORDED IN 1977.
THE FIGURES FOR BIRTHS AND DEATHS ARE BASED UPON EVENTS OCCURRING RATHER THAN UPON REGISTRATIONS MADE AND THEREFORE DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THOSE RELEASED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME ****
A STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME WILL MOVE ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 4) WHEN A THREE-MONTH STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAMME BEGINS FOR 79 NON-GRADUATE GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
UNDER THE SCHEME OUTLINED IN THE GREEN PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, FULL-TIME STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS WILL BEGIN FROM DECEMBER 4 SERVING ABOUT 250,000 PUPILS IN 341 PRIMARY SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS.
COMMENTING ON THE NEW SCHEME, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT, SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT APPROVAL, IT WAS PLANNED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS WORKING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO 230 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
/+THE SCHEME,