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Sir,

STATEMENT BY MR P. JACOBS, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES,

IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 23RD JANUARY 1985

Census and Statistics

(1985 Pilot Census) Order 1985

The Order now laid on the table of this

Council authorizes the Commissioner for Census and

Statistics to conduct a pilot land population census

in 1985.

2.

On 25th October 1983, the Governor in Council

ordered that a population by-census should be conducted

in 1986. As part of the overall census plan, a pilot

census will be carried out in 1985 to test the

organisation and procedure for the by-census in 1986.

The pilot census will, in effect, be a "dress rehearsal"

for the main operation. All aspects of the planned

system for the 1986 by-census, including the census

content, field organisation and data processing, will

be tested. The pilot census will be conducted in March

1985, and will cover a sample of about 12 000 land-based

households.