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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1981

HE ALSO ADVISED THAT:

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INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL SHOULD NOT BE IN THE VICINITY WHERE WORSHIPPING IS TO TAKE PLACE-

* CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH MATCHES

OR TOLD TO LIGHT CANDLES OR JOSS STICKS-

* BURNING OF CANDLES AND JOSS STICKS ON ALTARS SHOULD

BE MINIMISED, AND

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MATCHES AND SOURCES OF IGNITION SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF SIGHT OF CHILDREN.

CENSUS COMMISSIONER AFLOAT FOR CHECKS

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR C.C. GREENFIELD, TODAY (TUESDAY) SAW MARINE CENSUS ENUMERATORS

AT WORK AND MET WITH BOAT DWELLERS IN THE CAUSEWAY BAY TYPHOON SHELTER.

HE WENT ON BOARD SOME OF THE BOATS TO SEE HOW THE CENSUS WAS PROGRESSING, AND DISCUSSED WITH THE ENUMERATORS THEIR PREVIOUS DAY'S EXPERIENCE CARRYING OUT BOAT-TO-BOAT INTERVIEWS.

THE 1981 MARINE CENSUS, WHICH ENDS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), HAD BEEN TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE RETURN OF MOST OF THE BOAT PEOPLE TO THEIR ANCHORAGES TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

ABOUT 250 ENUMERATORS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED TO CARRY OUT THIS YEAR'S MARINE CENSUS.

THE 1981 LAND CENSUS WILL BE FROM MARCH 6 TO 15. THE LAST FULL CENSUS WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1971, AND A BY-CENSUS IN 1976 BASED ON A 10 PER CENT SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION.

EXHIBITIONS AT THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL

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FOUR EXHIBITIONS ARE BEING HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL DURING THE THIRD TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL, NOW EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 27.

A STAMP EXHIBITION, PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG PHILATEL IC SOCIETY AND THE CHINA PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION, IS BEING HELD AT THE HALL'S CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL UNTIL FEBRUARY 8. EXHIBITS INCLUDE VALUABLE COLLECTIONS OF LOCAL STAMPS AS WELL AS WINNING ITEMS OF THE STAMP COLLECTION JUNIOR COMPETITION WHICH WAS ORGANISED WITH THIS EXHIBITION.

IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY THERE IS A DISPLAY OF ANCIENT ROCK CARVINGS FEATURING SOME OF THE UNKNOWN DESIGNS CARVED INTO THE ROCKS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF HONG KONG.

AN EXHIBITION OF MODERN PRINTS, ORGANISED BY CONTEMPORARY LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG GRAPHICS SOCIETY, IS ALSO BEING HELD IN THE GALLERY.

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