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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1980

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IT WILL INVOLVE ALL PERSONS IN HONG KONG, WHO WILL HAVE TO SUPPLY A FEW BASIC PERSONAL FACTS. ONE OUT OF FIVE, CHOSEN AT RANDOM, WILL BE ASKED IN ADDITION FOR MORE PARTICULARS. SOME 13 000 SENIOR FORM STUDENTS WILL BE RECRUITED AND TRAINED AS ENUMERATORS.

BEFORE THIS MAIN CENSUS BEGINS, THE PILOT CENSUS WILL IDENTIFY ANY DEFECTS IN THE SYSTEM AND WEAKNESSES IN THE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, HE SAID.

MR LEE EMPHASISED THAT GREAT PAINS ARE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSONAL DETAILS GIVEN TO THE ENUMERATOS WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED.

+EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE NAMES OF RESPONDENTS AND THE IR ADDRESS, IS CODED AND KEY-PUNCHED ONTO MAGNETIC TAPES FROM WHICH THE NECESSARY TABULATIONS ARE MADE BY COMPUTER,

+AFTER THAT, THE ORIGINAL CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE WITH THE NAMES AND THE ADDRESS IS DESTROYED, AND NEITHER YOUR INQUISITIVE NEIGHBOUR, THE POLICE, THE TAX-COLLECTOR, NOR EVEN THE COURT CAN DISCOVER OR DETECT WHAT WAS RECORDED ABOUT ANY NAMED INDIVIDUAL, HE SAID.

+THE CENSUS IS AIMED AT DOING GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

... HOWEVER WITHOUT THE FULL AND WILLING COOPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING TRUTHFUL ANSWER TO OUR QUESTIONS, IT CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL, HE STRESSED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRESS BADGES FOR ROYAL VISIT

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PRESS BADGES FOR REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS COVERING THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE VISIT OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM DUTY OFFICERS IN THE GIS NEWS ROOM, SIXTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AS FROM 5 PM TODAY (FRIDAY).

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT SOME FORM OF IDENTIFICATION, SUCH AS PRESS PASSES, NEWSPAPER STAFF IDENTITY CARDS OR A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR SHOULD BE PRODUCED WHEN COLLECTING THE BADGES.

THE MEDIA WILL BE GIVEN EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE BUT LIMITATIONS ON SPACE IN SOME CASES HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO MEET ALL REQUESTS AS SOME PRESS POSITIONS HAD BEEN HEAVILY OVER- SUBSCRIBED, AS A RESULT, IT IS REGRETTED THAT CERTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR PRESS PASSES CANNOT BE MET.

SOME POSITIONS HAVE HAD TO BE CHANGED SO THAT IT WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FOR REPORTERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COVER THE SAME EVENT FROM ANOTHER POSITION.

PRESS RELEASES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED BY GIS TOGETHER WITH DETAILS OF TRANSPORT AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESS COVERING EACH FUNCTION, OVER THE TELEPR INTER, FACSIMILE MACHINE AND IN THE DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN.

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