MONDAY, MAY 12, 1-
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RESIDENT POPULATION PUT AT 5 520 000
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THE PRELIMINARY COUNT OF THE 1986 BY-CENSUS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) SHOWED AN ENUMERATED POPULATION OF 5 444 000 ON MARCH 11, 1986.
1986. THIS FIGURE INCLUDES 26 000 TRANSIENTS AND 9 000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, BUT EXCLUDES 111 000 RESIDENTS WHO WERE AWAY FROM HONG KONG ON THE REFERENCE DATE. TAKING THESE INTO ACCOUNT, THE TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATION OF HONG KONG BECOMES 5 520 000.
THE MARCH 1986 HEADCOUNT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 423 000 PEOPLE OR 8.4 PER CENT OVER THE 1981 CENSUS COUNT. A BREAKDOWN OF THE POPULATION BY DISTRICT BOARD, WITH THE 1981 CENSUS RESULTS FOR COMPARISON, IS AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
(D)
1981 CENSUS
1986 BY-CENSUS
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DISTRICT BOARD
ENUMERATED POPULATION
ENUMERATED
PER CENT POPULATION
PER CENT
HONG KONG ISLAND
1 184 000
23.6
1 180 000
21.7
CENTRAL AND
WESTERN
277 000
5.5
253 000
4.7
WAN CHAI
EASTERN
229 000
4.6
197 000
3.6
461 000
9.2
492 000
9.3
SOUTHERN
217 000
4.3
238 000
4.4
KOWLOON AND NEW
2 449 000
48.7
2 308 000
42.4
KOWLOON
KOWLOON CITY
480 000
9.5
426 000
7.8
KWUN TONG
610 000
12.1
680 000
12.5
MONG KOK
241 000
4.8
203 000
3.7
SHAM SHUI PO
455 000
9.1
425 000
7.8
WONG TAI SIN
492 000
9.8
430 000
7.9
YAU MA TEI
171 000
3.4
144 000
2.7
/NEW TERRITORIES