FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1979
SURVEY OF SQUATTER FACTORIES
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MORE THAN 7,500 SQUATTER FACTORIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG HAVE BEEN VISITED BY ENUMERATORS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN A SURVEY NOW BEING CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS MORE THAN HALF OF THE 11,000 SUCH STRUCTURES KNOWN FROM RECORDS KEPT BY THE SQUATTER CONTROL SECTIONS OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
COMMENTING ON THE RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY, WHICH STARTED ON JULY 3, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID IT HAS BEEN +HIGHLY SATISFACTORY+.
+THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE IS SIMPLE, AND THAT MOST RESPONDENTS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE USEFULNESS OF THE SURVEY RESULTS FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY FORMULATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
INFORMATION SOUGHT IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE INCLUDES THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, TYPE OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES RENDERED, SALES OUTLETS, NATURE OF BUSINESS OF THE PRINCIPAL CUSTOMER, AND SALES AND SERVICE RECEIPTS.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO APPEALED FOR CONTINUING CO-OPERATION FROM OWNERS OF THOSE SQUATTER FACTORIES WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN VISITED BY ENUMERATORS.
HE SAID THESE ENUMERATORS ARE STUDENTS SELECTED FROM SEVERAL POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND ARE BEING CLOSELY SUPERVISED BY PERMANENT FIELD OFFICERS OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. THEY CARRY AN ENUMERATOR'S IDENTITY CARD WHEN VISITING THE FACTORIES.
+THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE USED BY RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR ANALYTICAL PURPOSES AND WILL ALSO BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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