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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1978

THIRD REPORT OF 1976 BY-CENSUS PUBLISHED

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THE THIRD REPORT OF THE 1976 BY-CENSUS WHICH SHOWS THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOUR FORCE IS PUBLISHED TODAY,

THE REPORT, ENTITLED HONG KONG BY-CENSUS 1976: TERTIARY PLANNING UNIT TÁBULATIONS+ WAS COMPILED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IT COMPRISES THREE VOLUMES COVERING HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE MARINE POPULATION,

THE REPORT CONTAINS TABLES TO ILLUSTRATE THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION IN EACH TERTIARY PLANNING UNIT, SUCH AS AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, EDUCATION AND OCCUPATION.

IT ALSO SUMMARISES THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LABOUR FORCE BY INDUSTRY, OCCUPATION, HOURS OF WORK, AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ON WAYS PEOPLE ARE HOUSED, THEIR HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

IN ADDITION, MAPS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE TERTIARY PLANNING UNITS ARE INCLUDED IN EACH VOLUME.

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COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR. C.C. GREENFIELD, SAID, AS WITH THE LAST TWO REPORTS OF THE BY-CENSUS — THE BASIC TABLES AND THE GRAPHIC GUIDE, WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR RESPECTIVELY — 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 LATER THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.

COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE AT $170 PER SET — $50 FOR VOLUME 1, $50 FOR VOLUNE 2 AND $70 FOR VOLUME 3.

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