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GR 2000
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 070200Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1214 OF 7 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 960 OF 1ST DECEMBER
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS FROM MR. ROBERT PARRY.
FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE REPLIES TO MR. PARRY'S
QUESTIONS :-
(1) FORMAL PUBLICATION OF THE BASIC TABLES WILL BE IN MID-1977
AND OF THE MAIN 1976 BY CENSUS REPORT IN MID-1978. THESE TWO
PUBLICATIONS WILL CONTAIN GENERALLY THE SAME DETAILS AND APPENDICES
AS FOR THE 1971 CENSUS REPORT BUT WITH CERTAIN ESSENTIAL CHANGES IN
TABULATION AND PRESENTATION.
(2) BASED ON LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE MARCH 1976 LABOUR
FORCE SURVEY, CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 10 AND 14 YEARS AND ECONOMICALLY
ACTIVE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
AGE
TOTAL NO.
10
93,400
11
99,000
12
104,400
13
106,900
TOTAL
403,700
ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE
1,500
5,100
6,600
THE TOTAL OF 6,600 FOR THE ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE 12/13 YEAR OLDS REPRESENTS 3.1% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THIS AGE GROUP. HOWEVER, THIS SURVEY EXCLUDED THE MARINE POPULATION WHICH HAS A COMPARATIVELY HIGH LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE AMONG CHILDREN
OF THIS AGE GROUP. BASED ON LATEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) DEDUCED TOTALS INCLUDING THE MARINE POPULATION ARE
AS FOLLOWS:
AGE
10
TOTAL NO. 95,600.
ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE
11
101,400
12)
13)
214,900
8,300
ΤΟΤΑΙ
411,900
8,300
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