WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
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POPULATION OF HK ESTIMATED AT 5.7 MILLION
THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE 1988 WAS 5,736,100, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY 1.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 77,300
END OF DECEMBER THE CENSUS AND
PEOPLE OR 1.4 PER CENT OVER
END-1987.
THE BALANCE OF TOTAL INFLOW OF 28,800 DURING 1988.
ARRIVALS
AND
DEPARTURES
SHOWED A NET
THERE WERE 76, 100 BIRTHS LAST YEAR. DEATHS TOTALLED 27,600.
NATURAL INCREASE, THAT IS THE SURPLUS OF
BIRTHS OVER DEATHS,
AMOUNTED TO 48,500, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 63 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION GROWTH.
RESIDENTS PRAISED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION TSING DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT OFFICE WAS AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT.
THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR MICHAEL THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR
ΤΟ THREE LOCAL PEOPLE SUEN, PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION ALL OF WHOM HAD SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
SA1-CHUNG, THEY ARE MR FAN
SOUTH KWAI
A
CHUNG
AND PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
AND THE
SCOUT ASSOCIATION
SPORTS CHAIRMAN OF
MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE ASSOCIATION; MR LEE CHUNG-FAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE
OPERATOR OF KWAI FONG ESTATE BLOCK ONE; AND MR LAU CHEONG, A DOCKYARD ON TSING YI ISLAND.
DISTRICT OFFICER, MR
SPEAKING AT THE CELEBRATION, KWAI TSING
AND PAUL TANG, NOTED THAT WITH THE CONTINUOUS EXPANSION OF POPULATION
KWAI TSING DISTRICT HAD INDUSTRIES SINCE THE 1960'S, DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE ENVIRONMENT, TRAFFIC BROUGHT TO LIGHT MANY PROBLEMS RELATED TO AND TRANSPORT.
PROBLEMS INDICATED
THE CONCERN RESIDENTS SHOWED TOWARDS THESE THEIR COMMON AIM IN DEVELOPING KWAI TSING INTO A BETTER COMMUNITY.
BY DISTRICT
THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION TODAY WAS ATTENDED BOARDS MEMBERS, STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ABOUT 200 GUESTS.
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