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To facilitate teachers and Secondary 6 students to participate in the work, the Education Department has recommended the inclusion of by-census holidays in both primary and secondary schools.
"The work is interesting and highly meaningful. For those who participate in the operation of the by-census, the work will certainly enrich their inter-personal skills through working with their counterparts for the project, boost their confidence in communication through interviews, enhance their understanding of society, and above all, enable them to serve the community," Dr Luk said.
During the nine-day by-census operation period, enumerators will visit selected households throughout the territory to obtain from each household member information including age, sex, marital status, place of birth, educational attainment, occupation, income and place of study or place of work.
Dr Luk assured that information collected in the by-census which related to any individual persons or households would be treated in strict confidence in accordance with the stipulations in the Census and Statistics Ordinance.
Enquiries about details of the recruitment can be directed to the Census and Statistics Department on 2590 8761 or 2590 8910.
End/Monday, September 25, 1995
Water storage figure
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Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 95.3 per cent of capacity or 558.617 million cubic metres.
This time last year the reservoirs contained 574.729 million cubic metres of water, representing 98.1 per cent of capacity.
End/Monday, September 25, 1995