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Thursday, January 31, 1974
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"Naturally the professional bodies concerned with
education have had the most to say on the subject, and much of their comment
has already been well ventilated in the press.
"But we have also given a great many others the chance to speck
out and air thoir opinions.
"What we now have is a mass of material that will take some tine
to sort out and analyse, but we hope to complete this operation, and submit
our report to the Colonial Secretary, before the end of February."
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POPULATION GOES UP TO 4.21 MILLION
More Births, Less Deaths In 1973
Hong Kong's estimated population on December 31 last year was 4,219,300,
according to the Commissioner for Census and Statistics.
This is an increase of 115,000 over the 1972 year-end estimate.
Nearly half of the increase is attributable to a positive balance of migration
for the past 12 months, the Commissioner said.
Migration statistics showed a positive balance of 54,000 for the year
ending December 31, 1973.
The total number of births for 1973 was 82,252 which was 1,908 more than
in 1972. The crude birth rate was 19.8 per thousand population.
Deaths for the same period totalled 21,245 compared to 21,397 in the
previous year. The crude death rate was 5.1 per thousand population.
The Commissioner explained that the figures of births and deaths are
based on events occurring rather than on registrations made, and therefore differ
slightly from those released by the Registrar General,
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