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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

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CENSUS MOBILE EXHIBITION AT SHUN TAK CENTRE

A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION ON THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE BASEMENT OF SHOPPING MALL OF SHUN TAK CENTRE, SHEUNG WAN.

ORGANISED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT REMINDING THE PUBLIC OF THE FORTHCOMING POPULATION CENSUS AND TO CALL FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION.

THE

APART FROM SETTING OUT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, EXHIBITION ELUCIDATED THROUGH ATTRACTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESIGN THE ENUMERATION METHODS TO BE USED IN THE CENSUS AND HOW THE DATA COLLECTED WILL BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.

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"THE SELF-ENUMERATION METHOD, IN PARTICULAR, IS THE FIRST TIME ΤΟ BE USED IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SIX OUT OF SEVEN HOUSEHOLDS ENUMERATED THIS WAY WHILE THE OTHER ONE-SEVENTH HOUSEHOLDS ENUMERATED BY THE TRADITIONAL INTERVIEWING METHOD.

THOSE SELECTED FOR SELF-ENUMERATION WOULD RECEIVE QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO THEM BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENSUS.

WOULD BE WOULD BE

A SIMPLE DEPARTMENT

ACCORDINGLY

THE HOUSEHOLD HAVE TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD BE COLLECTED BY THE ENUMERATOR PERSONALLY DURING THE CENSUS.

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"IT 18 THEREFORE IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO GAIN FAIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS THROUGH VISITING THE EXHIBITIONS," HE ADDED.

THE EXHIBITION AT SHUN TAK CENTRE IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF 11 MOBILE EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD IN PROMINENT LOCATIONS SUCH AS SHOPPING ARCADES OF POPULATED AREAS AND MTR STATIONS WHERE THE MESSAGE COULD BE EFFECTIVELY CONVEYED TO THE LARGEST POSSIBLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM DAILY UNTIL JANUARY 13. AFTER THAT, THE EXHIBITS WILL BE MOVED TO THE CITYPLAZA IN TAIKOO SHING ON JANUARY 18.

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THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS WOULD BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN MARCH 15

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