POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; HARLLEY SPEAKS; AUDIENCE.


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GV EXT. POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING (2 SHOTS)
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GV INT. HARLLEY PRESIDING AT MEETING
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SV & MV HARLLEY SPEAKING
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CU MEMBER LISTENING
0.35

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CU OTHERS LISTENING
0.38

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SLV HARLLEY, "THE MAIN....... THESE FIELDS
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SV PEOPLE AT TABLE
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HE SAID TRANSCRIPT 6: "THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE 1970 POPULATION CENSUS ARE FOURFOLD, FIRSTLY THERE IS A NEED TO BUILD UP TO DATE OUR INVENTORY OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THE DATA COLLECTED TEN YEARS AGO AND THE DEMOCRATIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION HAVE TO BE SIFTED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PLANNERS AND RESEARCH WORKERS TO STUDY IMPORTANT TRENDS IN THE SIZE, STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE GHANA POPULATION AND TO BE ABLE TO CALCULATE CERTAIN VITAL FACTS. SECONDLY THERE IS A NEED FOR THE SUPPLY OF ADDITIONAL DATA WHICH WAS NOT COLLECTED IN 1960 BUT WHICH WE NOW CONSIDER IS NECESSARY FOR PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSE. THIRDLY, THE CENSUS FILLS A VERY VITAL NEED FOR THE TRAINING OF STATISTICAL PERSONNEL WHO ARE INDISPENSABLE FOR THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT IN THE MODERN STATE. FINALLY, ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE CENSUS IS TO SATISFY NATIONAL NEED, THERE IS ALSO THE NEED TO PROVIDE DATA FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAS RECOMMENDED THE CHECKING OF ALL THE POPULATION CENTRES FOR ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES AROUND 1970. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON IN THE ARES OF LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT, LITERACY AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION IN THIS COUNTRY WILL ASSIST US TO ASSESS THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE IN THESE FIELDS."




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Background: MR. J.W.D. HARLLEY, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF GHANA'S NATIONAL LIBERATION COUNCIL AND INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE, LAST FRIDAY (5 APRIL) CALLED ON ALL GHANIANS TO MAKE THE 1970 CENSUS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE ONE HELD IN 1960. MR. HARLLEY WAS ADDRESSING THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE CENTRAL CENSUS COMMITTEE IN ACCRA.

MR. HARLLEY SAID THAT THE 1960 CENSUS MARKED A GREAT ADVANCE IN THE FIELD OF STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTION IN GHANA. HE TOLD THE DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE THAT THE 1960 CENSUS WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THE 1960 GHANA CENSUS PUBLICATION HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED TO A NUMBER OF DEVELOPING NATIONS BY UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES.

THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WAS HELD AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN ACCRA. MR. HARLLEY SPOKE ABOUT THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE 1970 CENSUS.