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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1977

GRAPHIC GUIDE TO HK BY-CENSUS 1976

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THE SECOND REPORT OF THE 1976 BY-CENSUS COMPILED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY).

IT IS NOW ON SALE AT $5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE REPORT, ENTITLED +HONG KONG BY-CENSUS 1976: A GRAPHIC GUIDE+, CONTAINS 29 COLOURED CHARTS AND GRAPHS WHICH ILLUSTRATE WITH DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE HONG KONG POPULATION, SUCH AS AGE AND SEX, MARITAL STATUS, EDUCATION AND WORK ING STATUS.

IT ALSO REVEALS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COMPOSITION AND MOVEMENT OF HOUSEHOLDS.

IN ADDITION, THE REPORT ALSO SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FORCE BY INDUSTRY, OCCUPATION, HOURS OF WORK, AND GIVES AN INDICATION ON HOW PEOPLE ARE HOUSED AND HOW HOUSEHOLD INCOME

IS DISTRIBUTED.

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COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR. DAVID WHITELEGGE, SAID, IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE GENERAL READERS AND COVERS, IN GRAPHIC FORM AND BROAD TERMS THE WHOLE RANGE OF BY-CENSUS INFORMATION. COMPARATIVE GRAPHS AND CHARTS OF THE 1971 CENSUS ARE GIVEN IN THE REPORT WHERE THIS IS POSSIBLE.

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+AS WITH THE FIRST PUBLISHED REPORT OF THE BY-CENSUS BASIC TABLES, WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR - DETAILED ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BY-CENSUS ARE NOT ATTEMPTED IN THIS REPORT. THESE WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED IN 1978, + HE EXPLAINED.

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