XN000022-1981-03-16 — Page 2

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1981

CENSUS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

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THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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THROUGHOUT THE LAST 10 DAYS, ENUMERATORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT HAD VIRTUALLY VISITED ALL HOUSEHOLDS TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

+EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO COULD NOT BE CONTACTED, THE RESPONSE WAS ALMOST COMPLETE, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION.

TRIBUTE WAS ALSO PAID TO SOME 12 500 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO WORKED AS TEMPORARY ENUMERATION STAFF. +MOST OF THEM WORKED LONG HOURS FROM MORNING TO LATE EVENING DURING THE 10 DAYS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+WITHOUT THEIR DILIGENCE AND DEVOTION THE CENSUS WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SUCH A SUCCESS.+

PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE CENSUS (PROVISIONAL HEADCOUNTS BY DISTRICT) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MAY. ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED IN THE CENSUS IS BEING TREATED AS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

THE SPOKESMAN URGED THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WHO COULD NOT BE CONTACTED DURING THE 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE LEFT BEHIND BY THE CENSUS ENUMERATOR AND RETURN IT TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIS WEEK.

HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAD NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED BY ANY ENUMERATOR OR RECEIVED ANY QUESTIONNAIRE ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-454171 OR 5-452586.

YUEN LONG'S MEDICAL EXPANSION INAUGURATED

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YUEN LONG WILL HAVE MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WHEN THE CURRENT EXPANSION PROGRAMME OF POK OF HOSPITAL IS COMPLETED.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE DOCTORS' AND NURSES' QUARTERS AT POK OF THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING MARKS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FOUR PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION UP TO 1985.

DR THONG, IN COMPLIMENTING THE DIRECTORS OF THE HOSPITAL ON THE IR FORESIGHT SAID THAT THEIR DECISION TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY TO 420 BEDS CAME AT THE TIME WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANS TO UPGRADE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, PARTICULARLY THE PROVISION OF BEDS IN THE DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS.

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