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SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1980

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SINCE THE OPIS AFFECT EVERYONE'S DAILY LIFE, MR LEE URGEL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE SELECTED TO BE INTERVIEWED IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE SURVEY AND ESTABLISH A SOUND AND REPRESENTATIVE BASIS FOR THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES.

THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE SELECTED BY MEANS OF A CHANCE MECHANISM. A LETTER WILL BE SENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OR THE HANG SENG BANK TO EACH OF THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS, NOTIFYING THEM ABOUT THE SURVEY AND THE TIME AN ASSISTANT CENSUS AND SURVEY OFFICER WILL CALL ON THEM, AND ASKING FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION.

ASSISTANT CENSUS AND SURVEY OFFICERS, CARRYING IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT, WILL VISIT THE CHOSEN HOUSEHOLDS AND EXPLAIN WHAT INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.

MR LEE ASSURED THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED WOULD BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE AND WOULD NOT BE RELEASED TO ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. IT WILL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT SOLELY FOR PRODUCING STATISTICAL TABULATIONS FROM WHICH PARTICULARS OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.

CYC MEMBERS NEARING 40 000 MARK

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NEARLY 40 000 SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE NOW MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUBS WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN 1978 TO INSTIL A SENSE OF CITIZENSHIP IN YOUNG PEOPLE.

THIS YEAR, THE CYC SECRETARIAT IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PROMOTE THIS SPIRIT FURTHER THROUGH A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES INVOLVING ALL ITS MEMBERS.

THE FIRST OF THESE IS A +KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENT+ PROJECT DESIGNED TO GIVE THEM A BETTER INSIGHT INTO THOSE ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT WORK WHICH ARE MORE DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE LIFE OF THE ORDINARY CITIZEN,

A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, FIRE SERVICES, HOME AFFAIRS, LEGAL AID, HOUSING, URBAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS - WILL OUTLINE THEIR SERVICES AND EXPLAIN THEIR ROLES TO THE PARTICIPANTS.

+AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WILL BE A DESIGN COMPETITION ON THE SAME SUBJECT FOR CYC MEMBERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN WHICH THE BEST 20 ENTRIES WILL BE EXHIBITED NEXT APRIL, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CYC SECRETARIAT TODAY (SUNDAY).

ANOTHER PROJECT TO INVOLVE CYC MEMBERS IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS A +KNOW YOUR DISTRICT SCHEME.

+MEMBERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PART IN A QUIZ COMPETITION IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS WHILE THOSE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL HOLD AN EXHIBITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/IN MID-SEPTEMBER