MONDAY, JULY 23, 1984
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+SO FAR, 24 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG HAVE VISITED THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER THE SCHEME WHICH IS INITIATED AND CO-ORDINATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH TWO-WAY EXCHANGE LINKS BETWEEN LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES IN BRITAIN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.+
THE CNTA IS CO-ORDINATING THE CURRENT THREE-WEEK PROGRAMME FOR THE GROUP. IT INCLUDES VISITS TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, COUNTRY PARKS AND SPORTS FACILITIES, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTRES, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEXES, PUBLIC UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL FIRMS, SOCIAL WELFARE GROUPS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.
THEY WILL ALSO SEE DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW TOWNS AND VISIT OTHER AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HOUSEHOLD DENSITIES PUBLISHED *****
THREE-FIFTHS OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN PRIVATE HOUSING OCCUPIED A LIVING AREA OF UNDER 37 SQUARE METRES, A CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SURVEY SHOWED.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 1983, FOCUSED ON OCCUPATION DENSITIES IN PRIVATE HOUSING.
THERE WERE 704 000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS HOUSING, COMPRISING 328 000 OWNER-OCCUPIERS, 71 000 RENT-FREE OR RENT-SUBSIDISED HOUSEHOLDS, 110 000 SOLE-TENANTS, 36 000 MAIN-TENANTS, 67 000 CO-TENANTS AND 92 000 SUB-TENANTS.
LESS THAN ONE-FIFTH OF THE HOUSEHOLDS HAD AN OCCUPATION DENSITY OF UNDER FOUR SQUARE METRES PER PERSON, THE SURVEY SHOWED.
+LIVING AREA+ IN THE SURVEY REFERS TO NET FLOOR AREA, EXCLUDING THE SERVICE AREAS OF THE KITCHEN, TOILET, BATHROOMS, CORRIDOR AND BALCONY.
A DENSITY OF FOUR SQUARE METRES PER PERSON WAS TAKEN AS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN +OVERCROWDED AND NON-OVERCROWDED+ HOUSEHOLDS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
ONLY FOUR PER CENT OF OWNER-OCCUPIERS HAD A LIVING AREA OF LESS THAN FOUR SQUARE METRES PER PERSON, COMPARED WITH 10 PER CENT FOR RENT-FREE OR RENT-SUBSIDISED HOUSEHOLDS. BUT THE LATTER GROUP HAD THE LARGEST PROPORTION (24 PER CENT) OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH A LIVING AREA OF 74 SQUARE METRES OR MORE.
AS FOR SOLE-TENANTS, MORE THAN HALF OCCUPIED A LIVING AREA OF UNDER 37 SQUARE METRES AND LESS THAN ONE-TENTH HAD 74 SQUARE METRES OR MORE.
ONE-THIRD OF THE MAIN-TENANTS WERE OVERCROWDED, COMPARED WITH ABOUT 50 PER CENT FOR CO-TENANT AND SUB-TENANT HOUSEHOLDS.