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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980

THE ENUMERATORS WILL HAVE TO TAKE AN OATH OF SECRECY BEFORE BEING SENT OUT ON ASSIGNMENTS. THE DATA COLLECTED FROM THE PILOT CENSUS WILL BE PROCESSED BY COMPUTER AND THE RESULTS PRESENTED IN TABLE FORM. NO PERSONAL PARTICULARS COULD BE IDENTIFIED. ALL CENSUS SCHEDULES WITH THE NAMES WILL BE DESTROYED WITHIN A YEAR AFTER THE CENSUS.

THE PILOT MARINE CENSUS, AND THE PILOT LAND CENSUS ARE +DRESS REHEARSALS+ FOR THE POPULATION CENSUS IN 1981.

THEY WILL TEST THE OPERATION PROCEDURES AND FIELD ORGANISATION TO BE ADOPTED AND WILL SHOW UP ANY DEFECTS IN THE SYSTEM FOR CORRECTION BEFORE THE MAIN OPERATION INVOLVING THE WHOLE POPULATION OF HONG KONG BEGINS.

+THE CENSUS IS FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY IMPROVE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND PROVISION OF SERVICES IF IT IS SUPPLIED WITH UP-TO-DATE AND ACCURATE DATA TO FORMULATE SOLIDLY-BASED PLANS.

+BY HELPING THE ENUMERATORS TO MAKE A GOOD JOB OF IT, THEY WILL BE HELPING THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO PAVE THE WAY FOR A BETTER LIFE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ELEVATED WALKWAY IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL OPENS TO PUBLIC TOMORROW

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A SECTION OF THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, TO FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT TO AND FROM THE NEARBY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY: +THE SECTION OF FOOTBRIDGE INVOLVED RUNS FROM THE EXISTING FOOTBRIDGE AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF CONNAUGHT CENTRE TO THE CENTRAL BUS TERMINUS.

+ IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PEDESTRIANS FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE MTR BY PRINCESS ALEXANDRA TOMORROW.+

TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, PWD CONTRACTORS HAVE PUT UP THE RAILINGS ON BOTH SIDE OF THE ELEVATED WALKWAY WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE $14.4 MILLION PROJECT, WHICH CONSISTS OF A 480-METRE-LONG ELEVATED WALKWAY RUNNING FROM PEDDER STREET TO GILMAN STREET AND TWO FOOTBRIDGES ACROSS CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.

THE COVERED FOOTBRIDGE SYSTEM, THE BIGGEST PROJECT OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.