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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1994

A 24-HOUR TELEPHONE

- 10

ENQUIRY

STARTED

OPERATION.

HAS SERVICE

ALLOCATION PROCEDURES FOR

STUDENTS

HEAR SECONDARY WHO WISH TO SECONDARY SIX PLACES MAY DIAL 891 0088.

RESULTS OF HKCEE ARE CLARIFICATION ABOUT COMPLAINTS.

ANNOUNCED,

ADMISSION

IN EARLY AUGUST, WHEN IN ADDITION, A HOTLINE WILL BE SET UP

TO HELP STUDENTS SEEK ADVICE OR

AND PROCEDURES,

HANDLE ANY

TO

THE

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT RECEIVED

SEVEN

COMPLAINTS ABOUT

SECONDARY SIX PLACE ALLOCATION LAST WERE FOUND TO BE JUSTIFIED.

YEAR, OF WHICH TWO COMPLAINTS

THE

SPOKESMAN

SAID

MORE PUBLICITY WOULD BE

CONDUCTED

IN

EARLY AUGUST BEFORE HKCEE RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED.

0

PRE-TEST SURVEY FOR 1996 POPULATION BY-CENSUS

THE

CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT SURVEY FROM MARCH 12 TO 20 TO TEST THE QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES OF THE 1996 POPULATION BY-CENSUS.

A PRE-TEST AND THE

A

LIVING SAMPLE OF

DISTRICTS TIN.

-

QUARTERS HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM MID-LEVELS, KWUN TONG, NGAU TAU KOK, KWAI CHUNG

FIVE AND SHA

TO TEST

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE CHOSEN DIFFERENT FIELDWORK PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT ARISE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

ALL HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS LIVING IN THE SELECTED QUARTERS WILL BE ENUMERATED.

CENSUS

OFFICERS WILL

VISIT THEM BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 PM TO

CONDUCT INTERVIEWS,

THE TOPICS WILL COVER BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS AGE AND SEX, SOCIO-ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS OCCUPATION,

AND EMPLOYMENT PLACE OF

OR STUDY, EARNINGS FROM INCOME.

WORK

INDUSTRY,

OTHER

CASH

THE

IS SENDING OUT LETTERS WHICH BEAR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS' NAMES TO THE HOUSEHOLDS.

THE

CENSUS

DURING THE VISITS, EACH CENSUS OFFICER WILL IDENTIFY HIMSELF ISSUED WITH AN ENUMERATOR IDENTITY CARD AND A CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THEIR

IDENTITY BY ALSO

IN DOUBT, THE HOUSEHOLDERS CAN CHECK IF CALLING 887 5540. OTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE PRE-TEST SURVEY CAN BE MADE ON THIS TELEPHONE LINE WHICH IS OPERATING UNTIL MARCH 22.

CONDUCTED UNDER THE IS A VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL SURVEY THIS CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE AND WAS GAZETTED ON FEBRUARY 25.

NOT

IN

BE

"INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL PERSONS OR HOUSEHOLDS COLLECTED

AND WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE THE SURVEY WILL ANY RELEASED TO

PERSONS OR GROUPS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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