SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1994
A 24-HOUR TELEPHONE
- 10
ENQUIRY
STARTED
OPERATION.
HAS SERVICE
ALLOCATION PROCEDURES FOR
STUDENTS
HEAR SECONDARY WHO WISH TO SECONDARY SIX PLACES MAY DIAL 891 0088.
RESULTS OF HKCEE ARE CLARIFICATION ABOUT COMPLAINTS.
ANNOUNCED,
ADMISSION
IN EARLY AUGUST, WHEN IN ADDITION, A HOTLINE WILL BE SET UP
TO HELP STUDENTS SEEK ADVICE OR
AND PROCEDURES,
HANDLE ANY
TO
THE
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT RECEIVED
SEVEN
COMPLAINTS ABOUT
SECONDARY SIX PLACE ALLOCATION LAST WERE FOUND TO BE JUSTIFIED.
YEAR, OF WHICH TWO COMPLAINTS
THE
SPOKESMAN
SAID
MORE PUBLICITY WOULD BE
CONDUCTED
IN
EARLY AUGUST BEFORE HKCEE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED.
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PRE-TEST SURVEY FOR 1996 POPULATION BY-CENSUS
THE
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT SURVEY FROM MARCH 12 TO 20 TO TEST THE QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES OF THE 1996 POPULATION BY-CENSUS.
A PRE-TEST AND THE
A
LIVING SAMPLE OF
DISTRICTS TIN.
-
QUARTERS HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM MID-LEVELS, KWUN TONG, NGAU TAU KOK, KWAI CHUNG
FIVE AND SHA
TO TEST
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE CHOSEN DIFFERENT FIELDWORK PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ARISE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
ALL HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS LIVING IN THE SELECTED QUARTERS WILL BE ENUMERATED.
CENSUS
OFFICERS WILL
VISIT THEM BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 PM TO
CONDUCT INTERVIEWS,
THE TOPICS WILL COVER BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS AGE AND SEX, SOCIO-ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS OCCUPATION,
AND EMPLOYMENT PLACE OF
OR STUDY, EARNINGS FROM INCOME.
WORK
INDUSTRY,
OTHER
CASH
THE
IS SENDING OUT LETTERS WHICH BEAR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS' NAMES TO THE HOUSEHOLDS.
THE
CENSUS
DURING THE VISITS, EACH CENSUS OFFICER WILL IDENTIFY HIMSELF ISSUED WITH AN ENUMERATOR IDENTITY CARD AND A CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THEIR
IDENTITY BY ALSO
IN DOUBT, THE HOUSEHOLDERS CAN CHECK IF CALLING 887 5540. OTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE PRE-TEST SURVEY CAN BE MADE ON THIS TELEPHONE LINE WHICH IS OPERATING UNTIL MARCH 22.
CONDUCTED UNDER THE IS A VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL SURVEY THIS CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE AND WAS GAZETTED ON FEBRUARY 25.
NOT
IN
BE
"INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL PERSONS OR HOUSEHOLDS COLLECTED
AND WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE THE SURVEY WILL ANY RELEASED TO
PERSONS OR GROUPS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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