SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1964
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+ THESE STUDIES, TOGETHER WITH DATA COLLECTED FROM OUR YEAR-ROUND MONITORING, WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE TOLERABLE POLLUTION LOADS IN COASTAL WATERS AND TO DEVISE MEANS OF REDUCING THESE LOADS, HE SAID.
THESE MEANS COULD INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF MORE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES, DIVERSION OF EFFLUENTS, THE IMPOSITION OF CONTROLS ON WASTE DISCHARGES UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES CONTROLS.
MEANWHILE, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SENT AN OFFICER TO THE UNITED STATES LAST SUMMER FOR TRAINING IN RESEARCH ON RED TIDES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FISHERIES.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE FOR RARE SPECIES OF DINOFLAGELLATES TO BE SENT OVERSEAS FOR IDENTIFICATION.
10 PER CENT LESS ARE SMOKING ***
A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF SMOKING HABITS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAS SHOWN A DROP OF NEARLY 12 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REGULAR SMOKERS OVER A ONE-YEAR PERIOD.
THE RESULTS OF A GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN MARCH 1983 SHOW THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WERE 783 900 REGULAR SMOKERS, 104 000 LESS THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN A SIMILAR SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT.
THIS REPRESENTS A DROP FROM 23 PER CENT TO ABOUT 20 PER CENT IN THE PROPORTION OF SMOKERS AMONG THE WHOLE POPULATION AGED 15 AND OVER.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT :
* SMOKERS WERE MORE COMMON AMONG MALES THAN FEMALES.
34 PER CENT OF MALES AGED 15 AND OVER CLAIMED TO SMOKE CIGARETTES REGULARLY, COMPARED WITH 5 PER CENT OF FEMALES- THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY WERE 40 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
* THE TENDENCY TO SMOKE GENERALLY INCREASED WITH AGE FOR BOTH
SEXES, AND THERE WAS NO MARKED CHANGES IN THE PATTERN. THERE WAS AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF SMOKERS AFTER THEIR TEENS AMONG MALES. AMONG MALES AGED 40 AND OVER, ALMOST ONE IN EVERY TWO WAS A SMOKER. AS REGARDS FEMALES, THE RATE OF SMOKING INCREASED STEADILY WITH AGE, FROM BELOW 1 PER CENT AMONG THOSE AGED 15 19 TO ALMOST 15 PER CENT AMONG THOSE AGED 60 AND OVER.
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