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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1993

LICENSING CONTROL FOR PESTICIDES SIMPLIFIED

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL RE RESPONSIBLE FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) FOR THE PROCESSING AND APPROVAL OF THE IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES FOR PESTICIDES UNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE.

"THE NEW ARRANGEMENT STREAMLINES THE EXISTING PROCEDURES. LICENCES CAN NORMALLY BE READY FOR COLLECTION WITHIN THE SAME DAY SHOULD THERE BE NO COMPLICATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRADE DEPARTMENT SAID.

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UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM, IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCE APPLICATIONS COVERING PESTICIDES HAD TO BE SUBMITTED FIRST TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FOR ENDORSEMENT AND THEN TO THE TRADE DEPARTMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT LICENSING APPROVAL.

STARTING TOMORROW, LICENCR APPLICATIONS COVERING PESTICIDES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AND COLLECTED AT THE PLANT AND PESTICIDES REGULATORY UNIT OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AT ROOM 808 OF CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT IN RESPECT OF PESTICIDES IS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS.

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GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FOR THE QUARTER FROM APRIL TO JUNE 1993.

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THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS SINCE AUGUST COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.

EXPENDITURE

IN ADDITION, QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG RESIDENTS' ABROAD, SICK LEAVE AND MATERNITY LEAVE PATTERN OF EMPLOYEES, EXPENDITURE ON LEGAL SERVICE AND HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE ON ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS ROUND OF THE SURVEY.

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SELECTED

EACH QUARTER, ABOUT 11,800 HOUSEHOLDS ARE SCIENTIFICALLY FROM ALL DISTRICTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.

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TO MEASURE MORE ACCURATELY THE CHANGES IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION, THE SURVEY ADOPTS AN OVERLAPPING SAMPLE DESIGN SUCH THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE HOUSEHOLDS ENUMERATED IN GIVEN QUARTER ARE THE SAME AS THOSE ENUMERATED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

AN OFFICIAL LETTER, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, HAS BEEN SENT TO THE SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY AND TO SEEK THEIR VOLUNTARY CO-OPERATION IN THE SURVEY.

CENSUS OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTACT CONCERNED ΤΟ COLLECT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION.

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