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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1982
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FIXING OF THE MAJOR ELECTORAL TIMETABLE. INTENTION IS TO BEGIN NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES ON A DATE BETWEEN AUGUST 5 AND AUGUST 14, CLOSE NOMINATIONS ON AUGUST 31, AND TO HOLD THE ELECTIONS IN LATE SEPTEMBER. THE ACTUAL DATES WHEN NOMINATIONS WILL BEGIN AND FOR HOLDING THE ELECTIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE RETURNING OFFICERS.
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY ARE THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER OF EACH DISTRICT AS THE RETURNING OFFICER AND ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICER FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT.
PUBLICATION OF THE STREET BLOCK/VILLAGE CLUSTER TABULATIONS
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SEVEN REPORTS ON THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS BY DETAILED GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN WERE PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THESE REPORTS, ENTITLED "HONG KONG 1981 CENSUS - STREET BLOCK/ VILLAGE CLUSTER TABULATIONS, DESCRIBE THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST; HONG KONG ISLAND WEST; KOWLOON: NEW KOWLOON TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN; TAI PO AND FANLING; AND SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND ISLANDS, RESPECTIVELY.
EACH OF THE REPORTS CONSISTS OF SETS OF TABLES SUMMARISING THE POPULATION DATA BY SMALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; FIGURES FOR THE URBAN AREAS AND NEW TOWNS BY STREET BLOCKS, AND FIGURES FOR THE RURAL AREAS BY VILLAGE CLUSTERS. THE TABLES COVER SUCH TOPICS AS ACE AND SEX, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, DEGREE OF SHARING AND TYPE OF LIVING QUARTER WITH MAPS SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STREET BLOCKS OR VILLAGE CLUSTERS ATTACHED.
+THE STREET BLOCKS AND VILLAGE CLUSTERS ARE THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS ADOPTED FOR TABULATING THE BASIC DATA OF THE 1981 CENSUS+, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID.
+AS WITH OTHER PUBLISHED REPORTS OF THE 1981 CENSUS, DETAILED ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE CENSUS RESULTS ARE NOT ATTEMPTED IN THE 'STREET BLOCK/VILLAGE CLUSTER TABULATIONS'. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR.+
THE REPORTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON SALE IN THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT CONNAUGHT PLACE.
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