FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1981
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+ENUMERATORS TAKE AN OATH OF SECRECY BEFORE BEING SENT OUT ON ASSIGNMENTS AND DATA COLLECTED WILL BE PROCESSED BY COMPUTER AND THE RESULTS PRESENTED IN TABLE FORM.
+NO PERSONAL PARTICULARS CAN BE IDENTIFIED. ALL CENSUS SCHEDULES WITH THE NAMES WILL BE DESTROYED WITHIN A YEAR AFTER THE CENSUS.
+THE 1981 CENSUS IS FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE, BECAUSE GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SERVICES IF IT IS SUPPLIED WITH UP-TO-DATE AND ACCURATE DATA TO FORMULATE SOUNDLY-BASED PLANS, HE SAID.
CHECK ON BOGUS INSPECTORS *****
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MRS SOO MOK SAU-HA,
TODAY (FRIDAY) WARNED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST BOGUS LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.
SHE SAID SEVERAL FACTORY PROPRIETORS HAD RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALLS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS FROM PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE TOLD THE FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT THEY WOULD BE CALLING ON THEIR FACTORIES BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR TO CHECK THEIR EMPLOYEE RECORDS.
MRS SOO SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT NEVER TELEPHONES FACTORY PROPRIETORS IN ADVANCE TO LET THEM KNOW OF ANY IMPENDING VISITS. LABOUR INSPECTORS VISIT FACTORIES AT RANDOM AND WITHOUT NOTICE.+
SHE REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT ALL LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS CARRIED GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WARRANTS BEARING THE PHOTOGRAPH AND NAME OF THE HOLDER.
+MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY AND LABOUR INSPECTORATES ARE UNDER INSTRUCTION TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PRODUCING THEIR WARRANTS WHEN VISITING FACTORIES, SHE ADDED.
MRS SOO ADVISED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO CHECK ON THE IDENTITY OF VISITORS CLAIMING TO BE OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND IF IN ANY DOUBT TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.
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