FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1986
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POPULATION BY-CENSUS TO BE CONDUCTED
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A POPULATION BY-CENSUS IS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO UPDATE INFORMATION ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
DETAILS OF THE BY-CENSUS ARE CONTAINED IN THE THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (1986 POPULATION CENSUS) (MARINE) ORDER 1986 AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (1986 POPULATION CENSUS)(LAND) ORDER 1986 PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THERE WOULD IN FACT BE TWO BY-CENSUSES, NAMELY, THE 1986 POPULATION BY-CENSUS (MARINE) TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM FEBRUARY 4 TO 8 WHEN VIRTUALLY ALL VESSELS RETURN TO PORT FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, AND THE 1986 POPULATION BY-CENSUS (LAND) TO BE CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 7 TO 16.
+UNLIKE A FULL CENSUS, A BY-CENSUS INVOLVES ONLY A SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION. THE 1986 BY-CENSUS WILL COVER A ONE-IN-SEVEN SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION, THAT IS, ABOUT 210 000 HOURSEHOLDS, OF WHICH ABOUT 1 000 WILL BE MARINE, HE SAID.
HE REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CHECK THE IDENTITY OF THE CENSUS ENUMERATORS BEFORE ADMITTING THEM TO THEIR PREMISES.
FIRE PREVENTION IN SQUATTER AREAS PROMOTED
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FIRE PREVENTION IN SQUATTER AREAS WILL BE THE THEME OF A +KWUN TONG FIRE PREVENTION DAY+ TO BE HELD IN TSUI PING ROAD PLAYGROUND TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
OFFICERS FROM THE KWUN TONG FIRE STATION WILL BE ON HAND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO PUT OUT A FIRE ON A MAKE-SHIFT SQUATTER HUT BUILT IN THE PLAYGROUND.
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY WILL ALSO SET UP COUNTERS TO SHOW VARIOUS METHODS IN WHICH ELECTRICITY IS ILLEGALLY TAPPED AND HOW SUCH ACTIVITIES MAY CAUSE FIRES IN SQUATTER AREAS.
KWUN TONG FIRE STATION STAFF WILL ALSO BE THERE TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION,
OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE GAMES STALLS, A VARIETY SHOW, CHINESE LION DANCES AND MARTIAL ART PERFORMANCE.
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