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The closing date for submission of tenders is noon on February 23, 1996.

Tender Form, Tender Notice and Conditions may be obtained from the Lands Department, 14th floor, Murray Building, Garden Road and the District Lands Office, Kowloon, Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building, 10th floor, 250 Shanghai Street, Kowloon.

Tender documents will also be available at the District Lands Offices of Sha Tin, Tai Po, North, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, Tuen Mun, Sai Kung and Islands.

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General Household Survey continues

The Census and Statistics Department continues to conduct the General Household Survey during the quarter from January to March 1996.

The survey, conducted on a continuous basis, collects information on employment, unemployment and underemployment, and the general social characteristics of the population.

In addition, questions on domestic helpers, Hong Kong residents married in

• China and their fertility, cigarette smoking pattern, public awareness of the Office of the Commissioner for Administrative Complaints, public awareness of the concept of energy efficiency, Hong Kong residents' expenditure abroad and household expenditure on rent will be included in this round of the survey.

Each quarter, about 20,300 living quarters from all districts, are selected using a scientifically designed sample for participation in the Survey. To measure more accurately 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 a given quarter are the same as those enumerated in the preceding 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.