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COMMENTING ON THE BUSINESS MISSION, MR WIGGHAM SAID: "NOBODY WHO GOES TO HONG KONG CAN FAIL TO BE BUT IMPRESSED BY THE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY AND SCOPE IN OUR DYNAMISM WHICH IS BEING INSURED FOR THE FUTURE BY THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION."
NEXT WERK MR WIGGNAM WILL BE IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE IS SCHEDULED TO GIVE SPEECHES TO THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS IN BOTH PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA. A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN BOTH THESE CITIES HAS ALSO BEEN ARRANGED.
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AFTER THAT MR WIGGHAM WILL FLY TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF PUBLIC APPEARANCES AND MEETINGS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ACADEMICS.
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SOCIAL DATA COLLECTED CONTAINED IN SPECIAL TOPICS REPORT
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SUPPLEMENTARY ENQUIRIES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS ARE INCLUDED THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUOUS BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THE AIM IS TO COLLECT SOCIAL DATA REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT PLANNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF SOCIETY.
THE JUST-PUBLISHED SPECIAL TOPICS REPORT NO. V COVERS SIX TOPICS BASED ON ENQUIRIES CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1987 TO JULY 1988.
THESE TOPICS ARE: CIGARETTE SMOKING PATTERN, PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, SICK LEAVE PATTERN OF EMPLOYEES, PARTICIPATION IN PART-TIME EDUCATION, USE OF TAXIS AND ATTENDING CULTURAL PERFORMANCES.
SOME FACTS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT SHOW THAT THE PROPORTION SMOKERS IN HONG KONG CONTINUED TO DECREASE.
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ABOUT 17 PER CENT OF PERSONS AGED 15 AND OVER IN 1988 WERE SMOKERS, COMPARED WITH 19 PER CENT IN 1984 AND 23 PER CENT IN AND 23 PER CENT IN 1982. THIRTY PER CENT OF MALES AND THREE PER CENT OF FEMALES WERE SMOKERS.
ON PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT, THE REPORT SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 53,800 PART-TIME JOB-HOLDERS IN HONG KONG IN 1988. MORE THAN HALF OF THEM WERE IN SERVICES INDUSTRIES AND OVER ONE-THIRD IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
AS FOR PAST-TIME EDUCATION, A TOTAL OF 10,700 (OR 2.3 PER CENT) PERSONS AGED 15 AND OVER ATTENDED PART-TIME COURSES IN 1988.
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