Channel NewsAsia - Wednesday, July
30
SINGAPORE : Officers from the Singapore Department of Statistics
will be conducting the Household Expenditure Survey in 10 towns
next month.
The survey groups will cover Bedok, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang,
Dover, Geylang, Ghim Moh, Marine Parade, Punggol, Sengkang and
Yishun from August 4—18.
This is part of the ninth Household Expenditure Survey being
carried out from October 2007 to September 2008.
The results of the survey are used for updating the weighting
pattern and basket of goods and services used in compiling the
Consumer Price Index.
The survey is carried out under the Statistics Act (Chapter
317).
All information provided by respondents will be treated with the
strictest confidence and used for statistical purposes only.
Officers from the Department of Statistics will visit selected
households personally to conduct the survey. All of the officers
will carry identification cards and letters of authorisation.
Residents can verify the identity of the officers by calling the
Household Expenditure Survey Hotline at 1800—437—0708 from 8.30am
to 10pm, Monday to Sunday. — CNA/ms