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+HOWEVER, THE SEX DISTRIBUTION WAS RATHER UNEVEN. AMONG THE VISITORS INTERVIEWED, 67 PER CENT WERE MALE AND 33 PER CENT FEMALE. THE SEX RATIO WAS ABOUT TWO TO ONE, WITH FEMALE VISITORS OVER THE AGE OF 25 CONSIDERABLY FEWER THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS,+ MR WONG SAID.
THE SURVEY REVEALED THAT ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF THE VISITORS WERE OF SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND 20 PER CENT OF POST-SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY STANDARD WITH THE REMAINING 10 PER CENT BELONGING TO THE +PRIMARY OR BELOW+ CATEGORY.
+VISITOR COMPOSITION IS, HOWEVER, NOT BIASED TOWARDS ANY PARTICULAR GROUP IN TERMS OF OCCUPATION, MR WONG SAID.
WHILE A LARGE PROPORTION OR 28 PER CENT WERE CLERICAL, SALES AND SERVICES EMPLOYEES, 21 PER CENT WERE STUDENTS, 17 PER CENT WERE IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGERIAL CLASSES, 13.7 PER CENT WERE SEMI-SKILLED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS. 10 PER CENT WERE IN THE TECHNICAL GRADE, AND 5.6 PER CENT WERE HOUSEWIVES. THE REMAINING 4.7 PER CENT INCLUDED RETIRED AND UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS.
MR WONG SAID THAT OVER 93 PER CENT OF PEOPLE VISITED THE COUNTRY PARKS IN GROUPS OF VARYING SIZES WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, SCHOOL FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.
+ THE GROUP SIZE AND GROUP NATURE HAVE INDICATED THAT VISITS TO COUNTRY PARKS ARE POPULAR SOCIAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS,+ MR WONG SAID.
+1 AM GLAD THAT APART FROM PROVIDING ENJOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC, THE COUNTRY PARKS ARE PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HELPING ESTABLISH A BETTER SOCIAL LINK AND INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP IN A CASUAL AND INFORMAL ENVIRONMENT. +
+COUNTRY PARKS ARE INDEED PART OF HONG KONG'S CULTURE.+
SPECIAL ID CARD SERVICE FOR ELDERLY *****
A VISITING SERVICE TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN APPLYING FOR NEW IDENTITY CARDS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF CHEUNG CHAU, LAMMA, MUT WO, TAI O AND SAI KUNG FROM SEPTEMBER 22 TO OCTOBER 11.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID VISITING TEAMS WILL HANDLE APPLICATIONS FROM WOMEN BORN IN 1915, OR BEFORE THAT YEAR, WHO LIVE IN THESE AREAS.
THIS WILL BE THE SEVENTH TIME THE VISITING SERVICE HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE NEW IDENTITY CARD ISSUE SCHEME.
/+THE PURPOSE