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MONDAY, MAY 12, 1986
THE MARINE POPULATION HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE.
ITS NUMBER IN 1986 WAS LESS THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF THAT IN 1981. THE AVERAGE RATE OF DECREASE WAS 6.4 PER CENT PER ANNUM.
+THE DATA OF THE 1986 BY-CENSUS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED BY COMPUTER. FINAL AND MORE DETAILED RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, A SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE 1986 BY-CENSUS, WHICH COST SOME $21 MILLION, TOOK PLACE FROM MARCH 7 TO 16. ONE-SEVENTH OF THE POPULATION IN THE TERRITORY WAS ENUMERATED. DATA COLLECTION WAS CARRIED OUT BY SOME 3 700 TEMPORARY STAFF WHO VISITED THE SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION.
UK UNDER-SECRETARY ARRIVES
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THE PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE AND HEAD OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICES (DESIGNATE), SIR PATRICK WRIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WRIGHT, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT.
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THEY WERE GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY THE AIDE-DE-CAMP MR PAUL COLLIER, AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR REG HOLLOWAY.
DURING HIS STAY, WHICH IS PART OF HIS FAMILIARISATION TOUR OF ASIA, SIR PATRICK WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND UMELCO MEMBERS AND CALL ON THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION,
BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM SOUGHT FOR MONG KOK
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN URGED TO SET UP A BUILDING MANAGEMENT CO-ORDINATION TEAM IN MONG KOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP SOLVE BUILDING MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.
THIS CALL IS AMONG RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARD MULTI-STOREY BUILDING MANAGEMENT (PILOT SCHEME) WORKING GROUP WHICH HAS JUST COMPLETED A REPORT ON A CASE STUDY OF A 20-YEAR-OLD BUILDING IN TAI KOK TSUI.
/THE GROUP