FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991
MR
KEEN SUEN APPEALED FOR MORE CIVIC-MINDED PERSONS WHO WERE
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WELL-BEING ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE THEIR EFFORTS TO HONG KONG TO COME FORWARD TO SEEK NOMINATION AS CANDIDATES,
BE
"POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED то NOMINATIONS IN
RECTIFIED
COMPLETE
GOOD TIME AS ANY ERROR IN THE NOMINATION PAPERS
AN BEFORE
NOMINATION.
INCOMPLETE THE CLOSE OF
MR SUEN SAID. INACCURATE PAPER MAY RENDER THE NOMINATION INVALID,'
THEIR MUST
OR
[
ELECTIONS
HE
URGED THOSE WHO VOTED AT THE LAST DISTRICT BOARD
ONE REASON OR "AND TO THOSE WHO FOR TO TURN UP AGAIN ON MAY 5.
TAKE SPECIAL ANOTHER DID NOT VOTE THE LAST TIME 1 APPEAL TO THEM TO
KONG NOTE OF THE MESSAGE WHICH WE WANT TO BRING TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG IN PREPARATION FOR THESE COMING ELECTIONS.
YOUR IN
HANDS.
"VOTING IS A CIVIC RIGHT. IT MEANS POWER PLEASE EXERCISE IT IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER AND COME TO VOTE," HE ADDED.
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1991 POPULATION CENSUS TO COMMENCE
A FULL-SCALE POPULATION CENSUS WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN MARCH 15 AND 24 DURING WHICH ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG WILL BE VISITED BY ENUMERATORS TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE POPULATION STATISTICS.
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF THE PROJECT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE (FRIDAY)
COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND
t
STATISTICS,
TODAY
MR BENJAMIN MOK APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT.
"CENSUS DATA ARE VITAL TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR PLANNING PUBLIC SERVICES; THEY ARE ALSO USEFUL TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR FORMULATING BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND APPRAISAL OF MARKET CONDITIONS," HE SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CENSUS WOULD COMPRISE A SIMPLE ENUMERATION OF ALL PERSONS BY BASIC CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS
AGE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD.
OF THE
HOUSEHOLDS
IN ADDITION, A ONE-IN-SEVEN RANDOM SAMPLE WOULD BE SELECTED FOR A DETAILED RNUMERATION OF A BROAD RANGE OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.
"UNLIKE PREVIOUS CENSUSES, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED ΤΟ USE A NEW APPROACH, CALLED THE 'SELF-ENUMERATION' METHOD, IN THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM HOUSEHOLDS SELECTED TO PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION ONLY, MR MOK SAID,
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BY THIS METHOD, HOUSEHOLDERS HAVE ΤΟ COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRES FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE FORM (THAT IS SELF-ENUMERAT (ON). COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES WILL BE COLLECTED BY ENUMERATORS PERSONALLY DURING THE CENSUS PERIOD.
/THOSE HOUSEHOLDS