In the 1960s, Hong Kong was among the world’s ‘hardest places’ to count people

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube As Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department released 2019 year-end population figures on February 18, 2020, let’s wind back the clock more than half a century to 1961 for a look at how the former British colony used to count its people. Follow us on: Website: https://scmp.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/scmp Twitter: https://twitter.com/scmpnews Instagram: https://instagram.com/scmpnews Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-china-morning-post/