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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1983
THE SURVEY, WHICH RECEIVED NEARLY 100 PER CENT RESPONSE FROM
TAKING SCHOOLS, RECORDED A TOTAL OF 131 141 INCIDENTS DURING 1982. INTO ACCOUNT MULTIPLE OFFENDERS, ABOUT 6.2 PER CENT OF AN ESTIMATED 440 000 SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT WERE INVOLVED. BOYS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE INCIDENTS.
RESULTS ALSO SHOWED THAT THE MOST COMMON CATEGORY OF UNRULY BEHAVIOUR WAS INSOLENT OR REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOUR, ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY 20 PER CENT OF ALL INCIDENTS REPORTED, WHILE FOR DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR THE MOST COMMON WERE ACTS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND STEALING WHICH REPRESENTED ABOUT FIVE PER CENT OF ALL INCIDENTS REPORTED.
SOME 87-89 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL INCIDENTS REPORTED CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS THE LESS SERIOUS, UNRULY BEHAVIOUR, AND ONLY ABOUT 11-13 PER CENT WERE THE MORE SERIOUS, DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR.
THE MAJORITY (65 PER CENT) OF OFFENDERS WERE AGED 13 TO 15, WITH ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THEM STUDYING IN FORMS | TO 11.
+ACTS OF DISHONESTY AND HABITUAL TRUANCY WERE HIGHER AMONG GIRLS WHILE OFFENCES SUCH AS INSOLENT OR REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOUR, DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION AND REGULAR USE OF FOUL LANGUAGE WERE MORE COMMON AMONG BOYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A REPORT OF THE 1982 SURVEY HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED AND SENT TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+TO THE DEPARTMENT, THE SURVEY HAS HELPED IN THE PLANNING OF VARIOUS MEASURES TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN SCHOOLS THROUGH A CONTINUOUS REVIEW OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THE PROVISION OF A WIDER RANGE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
BECAUSE OF THE USEFULNESS OF THE SURVEY, THE DEPARTMENT ON THE ADVICE OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS HAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SURVEY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1983/84, TO SEEK OUT ANY PATTERN AND TREND OF UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS PROBLEM AREAS REQUIRING CLOSER EXAMINATION OR IN-DEPTH STUDY.
THE SURVEY WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE ROUNDS, EACH COVERING A FOUR-MONTH PERIOD -- FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1983, FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 1984 AND FROM MAY TO AUGUST 1984.
NEW EASTERN CORRIDOR ROAD TO BE BUILT
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THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD IN CHAI WAN TO FORM PART OF STAGE 11 OF THE HONG KONG ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR.
TENDERS FOR THE WORK ARE BEING INVITED.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 800-METRE LONG DUAL TWO-LANE ROAD BETWEEN THE WING TAI INTERCHANGE AND CHAI WAN.
/ALSO INCLUDED