2006 POLULATION CENSUS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH COUNTING OF KING
	-- The 2006 Population Census was officially launched with the counting of King Letsie III and his family at the Royal Palace on Sunday. King Letsie III encouraged the public to open their doors to enumerators, saying the census is an important milestone towards development as it will assist Government Ministries to plan based on the statistics. 'It is therefore important for the public to give the correct answers so that we have the right figures and statistics,' he remarked. Dr. Majoro said the census will enable the country to know exactly the number of its people including those out side the country. 'It will give us the numbers in general and how they earn their living, their needs and qualifications,’ he stressed. Preliminary statistics will be announced after a year while the official statistics will be announced after two to three years.
	source: LENA