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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
1989 PILOT CENSUS TO START ON FRIDAY
CENSUS 10
(WEDNESDAY) THAT A PILOT THE PUBLIC WAS REMINDED TODAY ( INVOLVING SOME 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE NEXT DAYS STARTING FRIDAY.
SAID THE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PURPOSE OF THE PILOT CENSUS WAS TO TEST THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF A POPULATION CENSUS OPERATION TO BE CONDUCTED IN MARCH 1991.
FULL
DURING THE 10-DAY
OFFICERS WILL VISIT 40,000
BASIC INFORMATION SUCH
AS
PERIOD RANDOMLY AGE,
SEX
AND
то 3 NOVEMBER FROM
SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS
RELATIONSHIP
12,
то
CENSUS OBTAIN
TO
HEAD
OF
HOUSEHOLD.
AMONG THE SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS,
ONE-SEVENTH WILL IN ADDITION
BE
AND QUESTIONS
STATUS,
OF
EDUCATION RESIDENCE,
ASKED MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOUSING AND RENT,
MEMBERS, THEIR
PLACE
CONCERNING
ATTAINMENT,
AS MARITAL
DURATION NATIONALITY, LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS AND INCOME.
THE
SUCH
OF BIRTH,
40,000 HOUSEHOLDS
WERE TSIM,
SELECTED FROM NINE
CITY, KOWLOON
WONG DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
DISTRICTS,
ΤΑΙ
SIN,
HAVE
NAMELY: EASTERN, MONG KOK, YAU TSUEN WAN, ISLANDS, KWUN TONG, AND TAI PO. BEEN SELECTED TO ENABLE OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS OF BE STUDIED IN THE PILOT CENSUS,
DIFFERENT NATURE TO
SIX-SEVENTHS OF THE AND THE COMPLETED
A SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN POSTED TO SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS FOR THEM TO FILL IN THEMSELVES QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE COLLECTED BY THE CENSUS OFFICERS.
HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED
FOR THE DETAILED
ENUMERATION,
WILL NOT RECEIVE A QUESTIONNAIRE IN ADVANCE. IT WILL BE FILLED THE CENSUS OFFICERS DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE HOUSEHOLDS.
HOWEVER,
IN BY
THE CENSUS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR CONDUCTING THE PILOT CENSUS IS
FOR THE AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE 1978. A CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDER
UNDER THE ORDINANCE, OPERATION WAS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ
ANSWER IT IS A LEGAL OBLIGATION FOR MEMBERS
THE
OF ACCURATELY
BEST CENSUS QUESTIONS KNOWLEDGE.
CORRECTLY
AND
TO
THE THEIR
INFORMATION IN STRICT CONFIDENCE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR PRIVATE
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT ALL PERSONAL COLLECTED IN THE PILOT CENSUS WOULD BE TREATED AND WOULD NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY ORGANISATION.
QUESTIONNAIRES CONTAINING PERSONAL PARTICULARS FROM CENSUS WILL BE DESTROYED BEFORE NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR.
THE PILOT
"LETTERS HAVE
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