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"Information on individual persons and households collected in the by-census will be used for statistical purposes only.
"The Census and Statistics Department is legally prohibited to allow access to this information by any other government departments or organisations.
"Enumerators are also required to keep the collected information regarding individual persons and households in strict confidence and not to disclose such information to any person not performing functions relating to the by-census.
"All questionnaires containing collected information will be destroyed within one year after the By-census operation," Mr Io stressed.
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New office rental allowance for DB members
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District Board (DB) members will receive an accountable office rental allowance of up to $4,500 per month from April 1.
The allowance, to help DB members set up and maintain their ward offices. was approved by the Legislative Council's Finance Committee today (Friday).
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Department said the new allowance will be used to meet office rental, rates, management fees, charges for water, electricity and fixed telephone and/or fax lines installed in the DB members' offices.
"In view of the increasing need for DB members to set up their own ward offices to discharge their duties more effectively, we conducted a review in mid- 1995," the spokesman said.
"As it was found that the current monthly honorarium of $15.800 is insufficient to meet rental and related expenses of DB members' ward offices, we concluded that there was a case for introducing a new accountable office rental allowance for them.
"Using the median office size of 30 square metres as a yardstick, we consider an average rental of $7,000 reasonable.
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