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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1984

THE PERCENTAGE OF MALE SMOKERS AGED 20 AND OVER SHOWED Ais AFRUPT INCREASE, WHILE ALMOST ONE IN EVERY TWO MEN AGED - AND AVE WAS A SMOKER.

THE PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE, SMOKERS INCREASED FROM BELOW ONE PER CENT AMONG THOSE AGED 15-19 TO 13 PER CENT AMONG THOSE AGED E) AND OVER.

HEAVY SMOKERS WERE MORE COMMON AMONG MEN THAN WOMEN. FOR INSTANCE, OVER HALF OF THE MALE SMOKERS CONSUMED 11 TO 20 CIGARETTES A DAY, WHEREAS ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE SMOKERS CONSUMED 1 TO 10 CIGARETTES A DAY.

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ON AVERAGE, MALE SMOKERS CONSUMED 14 CIGARETTES A DAY, AND FEMALE SMOKERS, 11. THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY WERE 17 AND 11.

OLDER SMOKERS CONSUMED MORE CIGARETTES THAN YOUNGER ONES. ON AVERAGE, THOSE AGED 40-59 CONSUMED 15 CIGARETTES A DAY, COMPARED WITH 11 FOR THOSE AGED 15-19. THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY WERE 18 AND 12.

AMONG ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE PERSONS, FARMERS AND FISHERMEN WERE MORE LIKELY TO SMOKE: 41 OUT OF 100.

CLERICAL WORKERS HAD THE LOWEST SMOKING RATE: 11 OUT OF 100. THE RATES FOR PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICAL WORKERS, AT 12 PER CENT, WERE ALSO LOW.

AMONG ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE PERSONS, FULL-TIME STUDENTS HAD THE LOWEST RATE OF SMOKING: 0.6 PER CENT.

LADY YOUDE TOURS TUEN MUN *****

LADY YOUDE THIS (MONDAY) MORNING HAD A GLIMPSE OF THE OLD AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TUEN MUN DURING A VISIT THERE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, LADY YOUDE FIRST WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF OF HEI HOUSE IN YAU OI ESTATE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN, BEFORE TAKING A STROLL ROUND THE LIVE FISH STALLS AT THE CASTLE PEAK BAY WATERFRONT.

THE PARTY THEN VISITED THE YKK ZIPPER COMPANY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, A JAPANESE FIRM WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION IN TUEN MUN FOR YEARS. IN RECENT YEARS, THE COMPANY HAS DIVERSIFIED INTO MANUFACTURING ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS AND IS PLANNING TO BUILD ANOTHER 20-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING ADJACENT TO ITS PRESENT PLANT IN TUEN MUN AT A COST OF $150 MILLION.

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