SOCIAL ENQUIRY
LAI For-pui, Male
CONDEMNED PRISONER
ANNEX [TO XCR(74) 163
Religion: Nil
Native Place: Nam Tau, Po On, Kwangtung Province, China.
Age : 25 (According to his Hong Kong identity card
No. C212315, he was born on 15.1.1949)
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
The Prisoner was born in his native place. He is the only son of the family with a younger sister. His father came to Hong Kong first in 1954 and worked and resided at the Shing Fung Rice Shop (already closed) in Cheung Chau Island. The Prisoner came to join his father in 1962 and his mother and sister a year later. They then rented a small stone house at No. 190, Tai Choi Yuen, Cheung Chau Island and lived altogether.
While his father worked as a salesman at the said rice shop and his mother a restaurant washing labourer in Cheung Chau Island, the Prisoner attended his primary school studies at the previous Cheung Chau Voluntary School. He completed his primary six course there and had joined the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination but without getting a pass. He then got a seat at a private middle school, the Five Districts Association School, in Cheung Chau Island. A year later, he lost his interest in studies and wished to take up a job to alleviate the financial burden of his parents. He was then introduced by his distant uncle (Mr. CHAN Poon-shun) to serve apprenticeship in metal work at the On Cheong Machine Company (No. 23, Fuk Chuen Street, G/F, Taikoktsui, Kowloon). During his employment there, he found that a worker who knew English could earn a much better income than one without knowledge of English. Hence, having worked there for less than a year, he decided to give up the apprenticeship and resumed studies. He returned to live with his family in Cheung Chau Island and everyday he went by ferry to study at Form two at the St. Luke's English College in Wan Chai District. He studied there for two years and completed Form three class. Unfortunately, his mother then became out of job and the family faced difficulties to further support his schooling. As a solution to his problem, he eventually took up a half-day textile job with $6 daily at the Hong Kong Spinners, Ltd. in Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon, and changed to study Form Four at Chung Sai English College (a.m. sessions) in Kowloon City area.
He was provided with free accommodation at the factory dormitory. Such situation lasted for only three months as he then found that he could earn a very nice income by working at a wig factory. So, he took up a job at the Ah Lun Wig Factory in Tsuen Wan (already
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