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MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1991

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POST-ENUMERATION CHECK FOR 1991 POPULATION CENSUS

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SMALL SAMPLE OF 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE

RE-ENUMERATED DURING THE PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY (APRIL 10) TO APRIL 30 ΤΟ EVALUATE THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OF THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON MARCH 24, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

"THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE FOR EVALUATING CENSUS INFORMATION," HE SAID.

THE POST-ENUMERATION CHECK WILL BB CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S PERMANENT FIELD STAFF.

THE SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE NOTIFIED BEFOREHAND BY A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL GIVE THE NAME OF THE CENSUS AND SURVEY OFFICER WHO WILL MAKE THE VISIT.

THEY WILL BE REQUESTED TO SUPPLY SOME BASIC INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN THE LIVING QUARTERS TO THE VISITING OFFICER WHO WILL CARRY WITH HIM A GOVERNMENT CARD BEARING HIS NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH.

IDENTITY

SHOULD THERE BE ANY DOUBT

CONCERNING THE

THROUGHOUT THE

IDENTITY OF THE CENSUS HOTLINE, PERIOD OF THE

VISITING OFFICER, THE HOUSEHOLDERS CAN CALL THE 827 1234, WHICH WILL BE IN OPERATION POST-ENUMERATION CHECK.

"THE 1991 POPULATION CENSUS POST-ENUMERATION CHECK 19 A VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL SURVEY TAKEN UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE AND GAZETTED ON MARCH 28, 1991," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

ANALYSIS OF HK'S RE-EXPORT TRADE IN 1990

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HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $413,999 MILLION IN 1990, WHICH REPRESENTED A GROWTH OF 20% IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH 1989.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1990 ANALYSED MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

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RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS то 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.

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