THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981
THE MARINE POPULATION CONTINUED TO DECREASE DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS. ITS NUMBER IN 1981 WAS LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THAT IN 1971. THE AVERAGE RATE OF DECREASE WAS 4.6 PER CENT PER ANNUM.
ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY COUNT OF THE CENSUS, THE THREE MOST DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICTS, IN ORDER OF THE IR POPULATION DENSITY, ARE SHAM SHUI PO, MONG KOK, AND HUNG HOM.
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PER SQUARE KM IN SHAM SHUI PO WAS 165 400.
+THESE PROVISIONAL FINDINGS OF THE CENSUS ARE BASED ON A PRELIMINARY MANUAL COUNT. FINAL AND MORE DETAILED RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CENSUS, WHICH COST SOME $21 MILLION, TOOK PLACE FROM NARCH 6 TO MARCH 15.
DATA COLLECTION WAS CARRIED OUT BY SOME 12 500 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO VISITED ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE TERRITORY.
COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES
FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-MARCH 1981 *****
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 1981, VALUED AT $56 670 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 29 PER CENT, AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1980. DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT TO $16 064 MILLION, IMPORTS
BY 28 PER CENT TO $31 081 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 58 PER CENT TO $9 526 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.
/THE CHANGES