WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1980
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+THERE IS, THEREFORE, AN INCREASING VOCIFEROUS DEMAND FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE MORE AND MORE SERVICES AS INFLATION AND THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING MAKE DEEPER INROADS INTO THEIR PAY PACKET,+ SAID DR LAM.
HE SAID THAT THIS MIDDLE-CLASS DEMAND IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES, BUT EXTENDS TO OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS HOUSING AND EDUCATION.
+HERE LIES OUR PROBLEM, WITH THE ESCALATING COST OF MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE HAVE A MOUNTING DEMAND FROM THE EVER INCREASING MIDDLE INCOME GROUP WHO ARE FINDING IT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MEET THEIR MEDICAL EXPENSES.
+THIS DEMAND MUST BE MET BY THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAS CONTRACTED BY IMPLICATION TO PROVIDE A MEDICAL SERVICE FOR ALL, HE SAID.
HELPERS WANTED FOR 1981 POPULATION CENSUS *****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TEACHERS AND SENIOR FORM STUDENTS TO HELP CONDUCT THE POPULATION CENSUS NEXT YEAR. THE MARINE CENSUS WILL BE TAKEN FROM FEBRUARY 1 TO 4, WHILE THE LAND CENSUS FROM MARCH 6 TO 15.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT ABOUT 800 CHIEF ENUMERATORS, 1 600 FIELD EDITORS AND 11 000 ENUMERATORS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT THE FIELD OPERATION.
+THESE ARE TEMPORARY POSTS SUITABLE FOR TEACHERS AND SENIOR FORM STUDENTS. THEY WILL BE ENGAGED IN GATHERING INFORMATION ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION FOR FUTURE PLANNING BY THE GOVERNMENT IN AREAS SUCH AS HOUSING, EDUCATION, MEDICAL, AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, HE SAID.
THE HELPERS IN THE CENSUS WILL ALSO BE RECRUITED FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES BESIDES SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
TO ENABLE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO TAKE UP THIS TASK, A CENSUS HOLIDAY WILL BE INTRODUCED BETWEEN MARCH 5 TO 17. THIS WILL ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE SCHOOL PREMISES FOR USE AS TEMPORARY CENSUS FIELD CENTRES.
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES AND POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS WILL BE SELECTED FOR THE MORE RESPONSIBLE DUTIES OF CHIEF ENUMERATOR OF FIELD EDITOR. STUDENTS OF FORM/MIDDLE 4 AND ABOVE WILL BE APPOINTED AS ENUMERATORS.
+APPLICANTS FOR THE JOBS WILL HAVE TO ATTEND A ONE-WEEK TRAINING SESSION COVERING THE GENERAL ASPECTS OF THE CENSUS, ENUMERATION PROCEDURES, AND TECHNIQUES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE TRAINING WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT THE CENSUS IS PROPERLY CONDUCTED.
/EXTENSIVE USE