THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975
PILOT CENSUS OF BOAT PEOPLE
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN A FOUR- DAY PILOT CENSUS OF HONG KONG'S BOAT PEOPLE NEXT TUESDAY (JUNE 10) TO PREPARE FOR THE MARINE DY-CENSUS IN JUNE NEXT YEAR.
FORTY INTERVIEWERS WILL VISIT BOATS AT THE ABERDEEN AND YAU MA TEI ANCHORAGES FROM JUNE 10 TO 13 SEEKING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS AIMED AT ESTABLISHING THE CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE LIFE OF THE FLOATING POPULATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE PILOT CENSUS WAS NECESSARY TO TEST THE ADEQUACY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE PROPOSED QUESTIONS AND ALL ASPECTS OF NEXT YEAR'S DY-CENSUS.
+ON THE BASIS OF THE PILOT CENSUS RESULTS, THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND PROCEDURE MAY BE MODIFIED AND THE QUALITY OF WORK OF INTERVIEWERS WILL BE ASSESSED TO SEE HOW IT CAN DE IMPROVED, HE SAID.
+SOME 500 BOAT FAMILIES WILL DE COVERED IN THE PILOT CENSUS, MICH HAS BEEN TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL (TUEN NG) WHEN THE VAST, MAJORITY OF THE FISHING FLEET IS IN PORT.*
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PILOT CENSUS WOULD ALSO COVER SUCH QUESTIONS AS THE NUMBER AND HORSE-POWER OF ENGINES, AND THE AGE AND TYPE OF BOATS.
THIS WAS BEING DOME AT THE REQUEST OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE IT TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE FISHING HADITS AND TECHNIQUES OF HONG KONG'S FISHERFOLK AND THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS THE MECHANISATION OF THE FLEET.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT INTERVIEWERS WOULD DE UNDER THE OATH OF SECRECY. WE HOPE ALL PERSONS INTERVIEWED WILL CO-OPERATE BY GIVING ACCURATE ANSWERS, HE SAID.
+THE INTERVIEWERS WILL DE ISSUED WITH IDENTITY CARDS BEARING THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS UNDER THE SEAL OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WHICH THEY WILL DE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE WHEN ENTERING HOUSEHOLDS OR DOATS.+
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