MY wife and I are pensioners living in a terraced house in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam. Except for our infant granddaughter and her nanny, who are with us five days a week, from 10am to 7pm, there are only the two of us at home. We rarely leave the house.

Although the 2010 Population and Housing Census began on July 6 and is to go on until Aug 22, I am yet to meet any enumerator in my area. Of the 50 or so houses along my road, only about ten have the census card displayed on the doors. I have checked with the neighbours and have found out that the enumerator has come and gone. In the case of my opposite and next-door neighbours, the enumerator had called and left a standard letter (Dokumen 7) notifying them that they were not around when a visit was made and indicating a follow-up visit the next day, but he has yet to show up. As for a neighbour, two doors away, the enumerator made a visit and, upon request, left behind the census questionnaire for completion. However, to date the questionnaire remains uncollected.

I am concerned that the census exercise if not properly carried out will result in incomplete data collection.

P.T. Aman
Shah Alam

Source: The Sun – August 5, 2010