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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980

THE TRADE INDICES FOR NOVEMBER 1979 (1973- 100) WERE RELEASED

AS FOLLOWS I

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

VALUE INDEX

329

341

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

172

178

QUANTUM INDEX

191

191

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, EXPRESSED AS THE RATIO OF UNIT VALUE INDEX FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THAT FOR IMPORTS, FOR NOVEMBER 1979 WAS 97.

PILOT MARINE CENSUS BEGINS TOMORROW

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ABOUT 1 000 HOUSEHOLDS LIVING ON HOUSE BOATS, FISHING JUNKS, LIGHTERS AND OTHER VESSELS IN ABERDEEN, CAUSEWAY BAY AND YAU MA TEI WILL BE VISITED BY ENUMERATORS FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) UNTIL FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 15).

THEY WILL BE INTERVIEWED FOR THE PILOT MARINE CENSUS, TIMED TO TAKE PLACE JUST BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WHEN VIRTUALLY ALL VESSELS RETURN TO BASE. THE PILOT CENSUS FOR THE LAND POPULATION WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM MARCH 7 TO 16.

ALL ENUMERATORS WILL BE CARRYING A RED SATCHEL AND WILL HAVE TO SHOW A YELLOW CENSUS IDENTITY CARD, BEARING THE HOLDER'S PHOTOGRAPH AND NAME, BEFORE CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW.

THESE MARINE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ALL BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR THE PILOT CENSUS AND REPRESENT A CROSS-SECTION OF THE FLOATING POPULATION, THEY WILL BE ASKED QUESTIONS ON EACH OF THEIR MEMBERS, INCLUDING SOME BASIC PERSONAL PARTICULARS, SOME DETAILS ON OCCUPATION AND EARNINGS, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, PLACE OF ORIGIN, AND DISABLEMENT.

IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE THE LENGTH AND TYPE OF THE IR VESSEL, THE NUMBER AND POWER OF ITS ENGINES, AND TO STATE WHETHER LAND ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE.

THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EMPHASISED THAT INFORMATION WHICH THEY SUPPLY WILL BE TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL NEVER DISCLOSED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR PRIVATE ORGANISATION.

/THE ENUMERATORS

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