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Saturday, January 19, 1974

In the New Territories, registered marriages increased significantly

with a total of 3,715 marriages celebrated, up by 770 or 26 per cent as

compared with 2,945 in 1972. There are now four full-time registries and

fourteen part-time registries operating in the New Territories.

The two principal marriage registries at the City Hall and the Kowloon

Government Offices remain the most popular registries with 43.6 per cent of all

registry marriages celebrated there. Another popular registry was the San

Po Kong Registry, where 2,904 marriages took place during the year.

The City Hall Marriage Registry continued to operate on Sunday

mornings during the year and a total of 531 Sunday morning marriages were

performed. In many cases, Sunday was chosen because it happened to be a

lucky day according to the Chinese calendar; in others simply because of

convenience for work or other reasons.

OPENING HOURS OF OUT-PATIENT CLINICS

Six government out-patient clinics will remain open on Friday,

January 25 from 9 am to 1 p.m.

They are the Violet Peel Polyclinic and the Shau Kei Wan Royal Hong

Kong Jockey Club Clinic on Hong Kong Island, the Kwun Tong and Yau Ma Tei Royal

Hong Kong Jockey Club Clinics and the Robert Black Health Centre in Kowloon

and the Lady Trench Polyclinic in Tsuen Wan.

All government out-patient clinics and evening clinics, other than

those listed above, will be closed during the Chinese New Year holidays from

January 23 to 25.inclusive.

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