TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1985
+BUT JOGGING IS STILL GAINING NEW CONVERTS EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF ITS MANY ADVANTAGES - EASE OF LEARNING AND THE MINIMAL EQUIPMENT AND EXPENSE REQUIRED FOR THE SPORT,+ HE SAID.
+HOWEVER, ONE WOULD REALLY BE STICKING ONE'S NECK OUT EVEN TO ATTEMPT AN EDUCATED GUESS AT THE NUMBER OF JOGGERS IN HONG KONG.
+FIRST, JOGGING CAN BE PURSUED EITHER AS A SOLITARY OR GROUP SPORT, AND ONE DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO IT CNLY ON A PURPOSE-BUILT JOGGING TRACK. FOR A CASUAL JOGGER, MY OPEN SPACE OR A FAIRLY UNCONGESTED SIDEWALK WILL SERVE THE PURPOSE JUST AS WELL.+
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FOR WOULD-BE JOGGERS. MR YOUNG HAD SOME ADVICE TO OFFER: +WEAR RUBBER-SOLED SHOES THAT WILL CUSHION YOUR FOOTFALLS. WARM UP PROPERLY BEFORE STARTING OUT AT A
SINCE BEING A WEEKEND COMFORTABLE PACE, RUN REGULARLY - ATHLETE IN ANY SPORT IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN NOT EXERCISING AT ALL. AND MAKE USE OF THE FITNESS STATIONS IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE.+
THESE WORDS COULD WELL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PRECEPTS OF DR ERNST VAN AAKEN, A GERMAN PHYSICIAN WHO HAS TRAINED MANY WORLD-CLASS RUNNERS.
DR AAKEN SUMMARIZED HIS COUNSEL IN ONE SENTENCE: +RUN SLOWLY, RUN DAILY, DRINK (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE) MODERATELY, AND DON'T EAT LIKE A PIG.*
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONTINUES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IN 1985, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED MONTHLY SINCE AUGUST 1981, COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION.
SOME 5 000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE SELECTED AT RANDOM EACH MONTH FROM ALL DISTRICTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.
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