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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1979

IN THIS RESPECT, HE EMPHASISED, CAREERS TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY.

+WE CAN HELP AND ASSIST YOU BY PROVIDING THE MATERIAL, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD OF WORK, THROUGH THE DIRECT AND DAILY CONTACT YOU HAVE WITH STUDENTS, YOU CAN HELP TO MAKE CAREERS INFORMATION MEANINGFUL TO THEM,+ HE SAID.

MR. HENDERSON SAID WITHOUT THE JOINT EFFORT OF SCHOOLS THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE YEAS, RAISING CAREERS EDUCATION TO A LEVEL OF GENERAL ACCEPTANCE WAS NO EASY TASK.

+I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FIRM BASIS FOR CO-OPERATION THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE MUST BE SENSITIVE TO OUR OWN LIMITATIONS WE MUST BE WILLING TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES- AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, WE MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CAREERS GUIDANCE, HE ADDED.

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CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT

NEW HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKE A NEW HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY FROM OCTOBER THIS YEAR TO SEPTEMBER 1980.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY WILL BE USED TO UPDATE THE EXISTING CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES.

HE SAID PLANNING FOR THIS SURVEY AND FOR THE REVISION OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES STARTED IN JANUARY 1979.

+THE_DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A LARGE-SCALE CONSULTATION EXERCISE BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL 1979 TO SEEK OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR CONDUCTING THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND REVISING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES,+ HE SAID.

THE BODIES CONSULTED INCLUDED, APART FROM THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND STATUTORY ADVISORY BOARDS, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, MORE THAN 400 LABOUR UNIONS AND VARIOUS ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO JUST COMPLETED A PRE-TEST FOR THE COMING HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND THE FINDINGS, NOW BEING ANALYSED, WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE SURVEY PLAN.

+AS THE HANG SENG BANK, WHICH ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE PRE-TEST, WILL ALSO CONDUCT A HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY TO UPDATE THE HANG SENG BANK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AT THE SAME TIME ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BANK TO STANDARD ISE THE SAMPLE DESIGN, SURVEY METHODS AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AS WELL AS THE METHODS FOR REVISING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX,+ HE ADDED.

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