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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1984

* ON AVERAGE, THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES CONSUMED PER DAY BY

MALE SMOKERS WAS 14 AND BY FEMALE SMOKERS, 11. THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY WERE 17 AND 11 RESPECTIVELY.

* CONSUMPTION OF CIGARETTES WAS HIGHER AMONG OLDER SMOKERS.

* AMONG ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE PERSONS, 41 OUT OF 100

AGRICULTURAL, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FORESTRY WORKERS AND FISHERMEN WERE SMOKERS. AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE, PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL (12 OUT OF 100) AND CLERICAL WORKERS (11 OUT OF 100) HAD THE LOWEST RATE OF SMOKING. THE RATES FOR FULL-TIME STUDENTS AND HOME- MAKERS WERE ALSO LOW.

KITE FLYING FUN DAY ***

ABOUT 200 KOWLOON CITY RESIDENTS WILL BE TAUGHT TO FLY KITES AT CHONG HING WATER SPORTS CENTRE, SAI KUNG, ON FEBRUARY 19.

KNOWN AS THE KOWLOON CITY KITE FLYING FUN DAY, THE EVENT IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (KOWLOON CITY OFFICE) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY SAN MIGUEL BREWERY.

IT IS OPEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BETWEEN SIX AND 60.

THE FUN DAY WILL INCLUDE TWO COMPETITIONS ON KITE-MAKING AND KITE-FLYING.

THOSE ENTERING THE KITE-MAKING COMPETITION WILL HAVE TO BRING ALONG THEIR HOME-MADE KITES.

MEDALS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FIRST THREE WINNERS.

+KITE-FLYING USED TO BE POPULAR IN ANCIENT CHINA AND THE MANUFACTURING OF KITES HAS ITS OWN ARTISTIC VALUE, A SPOKESMAN FOR RSS SAID.

+ IN VIEW OF THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF CHINESE FOLKLORE, WE CONSIDER IT AS WORTH PURSUING #

THE FEE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT IS $10, AND THIS INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION COST.

THOSE WISHING TO APPLY SHOULD CALL AT THE KOWLOON CITY RSS OFFICE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 3-7128500,

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