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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1981

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST REVEALED IN THE CENSUS :

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2 976 OR 55 PER CENT OF THE MALES HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF OR HAD BEEN AFFILIATED WITH A TRIAD SOCIETY OR GANG PRIOR TO ADMISSION. IN THE 1980 CENSUS, THE FIGURE WAS 3 533 OR 66 PER CENT.

THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MALES WERE CONVICTED OF ROBBERY, 1 501 PERSONS OR 28 PER CENT WHILST 675 PERSONS OR 12 PER CENT HAD BEEN CONVICTED FOR POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS. AMONGST THE FEMALES THE MOST PREVALENT OFFENCES WERE POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNLAWFUL TRAFFICKING FOR WHICH 43 PERSONS OR 23 PER CENT HAD BEEN CONVICTED AND 28 PERSONS OR 15 PER CENT HAD BEEN CONVICTED FOR THEFT.

1 955 OR 36 PER CENT OF MALES AND 99 OR 53 PER CENT OF FEMALES HAD NO PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS.

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OF THE FEMALES, MALES AND THREE

CENT OF THE MALES AND 126 OR 67 PER CENT HAD NO SECONDARY EDUCATION AND 41 FEMALES WERE ILLITERATE.

BIG BOOST FOR HOLIDAY VILLAGE

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RECREATION FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATION AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE WILL BE GIVEN A BIG BOOST NEXT YEAR WITH THE COMPLETION OF A SECOND PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.

DISCLOSING THIS TODAY, THE MANAGER OF THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, MR CHARLES CHU SAID THAT WORK ON THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT WILL SOON BEGIN AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH, 1982.

+BY THAT TIME,+ MR CHU SAID, +WE WILL HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF RECREATION AND SPORTS FACILITIES, INCLUDING HONG KONG'S FIRST SKATE-ON RINK.+

THE SURFACE OF THE SKATE-ON RINK WILL BE MADE OF PLASTIC MATERIAL THAT WILL MAKE MAINTENANCE WORK MUCH EASIER AND AT THE SAME TIME REDUCE OPERATING COSTS WHEN COMPARED WITH ARTIFICIAL ICE-SKATING.

+THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO AIR-CONDITIONED SQUASH COURTS, AN ADDITIONAL TENNIS COURT, A NINE-HOLE GOLF COURSE, LAWN BOWLING FACILITIES AND AN ART AND CRAFT CENTRE.

/+T ESE, TOG BIHLA