Hong Kong Extends e-Questionnaire Registration

The Census & Statistics Department (C&SD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced yesterday that the registration period for using the e-Questionnaire of the 2011 Population Census will be extended from July 7 to July 15.
The e-Questionnaire is an online system launched in order to facilitate the public in providing the information required for the 2011 Population Census electronically. All households issued with a notification letter can use the e-Questionnaire and are required to complete a simple online registration by activating their e-Questionnaire account using the information provided on the questionnaire or the notification letter.
After the registration, household members concerned can fill in the information required by the e-Questionnaire.
A spokesman for the C&SD said, “Since the launch of the e-Questionnaire system on June 30, the response has been very encouraging. As of July 6, about 180 000 households had provided the required information for the Census through the e-Questionnaire. The extension of the registration period aims to encourage more households to use the e-Questionnaire”. “Households that have registered to use the e-Questionnaire should submit the completed questionnaire online on or before July 24,” the spokesman added. In case households which have registered but have not submitted the completed questionnaire by then, the department will arrange for officers to contact them by phone or visit them to collect the required information on or before the end of the census period on August 2.
As the department is processing a large amount of postal questionnaires already returned, census officers may still visit those households which return the completed postal questionnaires after July 7 during the second phase of the data-collection period, which runs from July 16 to August 2. The 2011 Population Census will be conducted from June 30 to August 2.
According to the Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mr Fung Hing-wang, the purpose of the Census is to obtain up-to-date benchmark information on the size and socio-economic characteristics of the population and its geographical distribution.
“Statistics compiled from the information collected in the Census are vital to government planning and policy formulation, particularly in such fields as education, housing, transport and medical and social services. The data is also important to the private sector in formulating business strategies,” Mr Fung said in an official statement.

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