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MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1975.

SURVEY ON LABOUR FORCE

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CARRY OUT A LABOUR FORCE SURVEY NEXT MONTH TO COLLECT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

THE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED ON A SAMPLE BASIS COVERING ABOUT 18,000 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED IN THE SURVEY INCLUDE AGE AND SEX OF INDIVIDUALS, THEIR EMPLOYMENT PARTICULARS, HOURS OF WORK AND EDUCATION STANDARD. ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

PRIOR TO FIELD ENUMERATION, AN OFFICIAL LETTER IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE WILL BE SENT TO THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE AND THE METHOD OF THE SURVEY.

ENUMERATORS CONDUCTING THE SURVEY WILL EACH CARRY AN OFFICIAL IDENTITY CARD BEARING HIS PHOTOGRAPH FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSE.

THE SURVEY IS MADE NECESSARY BY THE FACT THAT MANY CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE LAST POPULATION CENSUS IN 1971 DURING WHICH INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION WAS COLLECTED.

NEXT MONTH'S SURVEY WILL PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE LABOUR FORCE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT AVAILABLE FROM THE REULAR QUARTERLY SURVEYS WHICH ARE BASED ON PLACES OF WORK INSTEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS.

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