Big Count

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1659

Date Released

20 Mar 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Show Biz Awards
2. 2South Africa Goes Out
3. 3Horse News
4. 4Big Count

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

The last time they counted the inhabitants of Hong Kong was 30 years ago. About 800,000 was the figure then. For the new census, some 12,000 people were employed, and they expected to count over 3 million. When the enumerators had taken an oath of secrecy, they got busy. Busy is right, for Hong Kong people swarm all over the place. There’s even a large floating population! But a census is necessary, the Government must know how many to plan for.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures

Locations

China

Card file number

82104A

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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