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"ENQUIRY LETTERS ARE BEING SENT OUT TO THESE ELECTORS AND THEY ARE REQUESTED TO REPLY WITHIN A MONTH," MR LAI SAID.

"HOWEVER, IT IS LIKELY THAT MOST OF THESE LETTERS WILL BE UNDELIVERED. ELECTORS ARE THEREFORE URGED TO REPORT ON THEIR CHANGR OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AS SOON AS IT OCCURS, HE ADDED.

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REPORTS SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING GIVING THE ELECTOR'S IDENTITY CARD NUMBER, NAME, NEW RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AT HARBOUR CENTRE, 10TH FLOOR, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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ELECTORS MAY ALSO MAKE THEIR REPORT

REGISTRATION FORM, OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES AND HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES.

CENSUS EXHIBITIONS IN THE NT

NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING POPULATION CENSUS WITH THE TOURING OF THE POPULATION CENSUS EXHIBITION IN VARIOUS NEW TOWNS.

SINCE MID-DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THE MOBILE EXHIBITION HAD STAGED IN MAJOR MTR STATIONS AND SHOPPING ARCADES IN THE URBAN AND HAD RECEIVED FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC.

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THE NEXT ROUND OF EXHIBITIONS, IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL COMMENCE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT YUEN LONG PLAZA. THE EXHIBITION IN YUEN LONG IS ALSO THE SEVENTH IN A SERIES OF 11 EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, THE MOBILE EXHIBITION AIMS TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE CENSUS TO BE CONDUCTED IN MARCH AND TO CALL FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION.

APART FROM SETTING OUT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, THE EXHIBITION ELUCIDATES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS AND GRAPHICS THE ENUMERATION METHODS TO BE USED IN THE CENSUS AND HOW THE DATA COLLECTED WILL BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.

"THE SELF-ENUMERATION METHOD, IN PARTICULAR, WILL BE USED IN HONG KONG FOR THE FIRST TIME," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),

HE SAID SIX OUT OF SEVEN HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED FOR SELF- ENUMERATION WOULD RECEIVE A SIMPLE QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO THEM BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE CENSUS PERIOD.

"THE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE ENUMERATED ON ONLY A FEW BASIC CHARACTERISTICS. THE SELF-COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE COLLECTED BY A CENSUS OFFICER PERSONALLY DURING THE CENSUS PERIOD.

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