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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1985
FROM THE SURVEY, IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT LESS THAN ONE IN EVERY FIVE PERSONS AGED 15 AND OVER IN HONG KONG WAS A DAILY CIGARETTE SMOKER.
THIS COMPARES WITH THE RATIOS OF ONE IN EVERY FIVE IN 1983, AND ALMOST ONE IN EVERY FOUR IN 1982.
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF SMOKERS WAS 744 000.
SOME OF THE OTHER DATA OBTAINED FROM THE SURVEY SHOWED THE FOLLOWING:
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SOME 101 200 HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG WERE REPORTED TO HAVE PRIVATE CARS AVAILABLE. WHICH COULD BE USED BY THE HOUSEHOLDS AT ANY TIME DURING THE TWO WEEK REFERENCE PERIOD BEFORE ENUMERATION (DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1984) REGARDLESS OF OWNERSHIP.
* ONE-SEVENTH OF EMPLOYEES IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY
WERE OFFERED PAID OVERTIME WORK, WITH 96 PER CENT OF THEM ACCEPTING THE OFFER, WORKING AN AVERAGE OF 14.5 HOURS OVERTIME EACH A MONTH.
ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THESE PEOPLE DID SO TO EARN MORE MONEY, 23 PER CENT DID SO TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYERS AND 17 PER CENT CLAIMED THAT OVERTIME WORK WAS MANDATORY.
THE DATA ON VARIOUS SOCIAL TOPICS COLLECTED ARE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR PLANNING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY.
THE SPECIAL TOPICS REPORT 111 IS NOW ON SALE AT $12 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, OR AT THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
IT CONTAINS MANY MORE FINDINGS AND DETAILED TABLES ON THE SUBJECTS SURVEYED.
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