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GAZETTED AS A REMAND HOME AND PLACE OF REFUGE, THE HOME ADM!! YOUNG PEOPLE REFERRED BY THE POLICE, SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WHO ARE EITHER OFFENDERS OR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OR WHO REQUIRE CARE AND PROTECTION.

SINCE THE HOME BECAME OPERATIONAL IN MID-FEBRUARY THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS HAS BEEN 156 A MONTH AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DISCHARGES 145 A MONTH.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE REMAND SECTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S MA TAU WAI GIRLS' HOME AND BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME HAD BEEN

OVERCROWDED, MR FUNG SAID. AS A RESULT, THE DEPARTMENT HAD RETRIEVED THE FORMER PREMISES OF THE MA TAU WAI GIRLS' HOME TO SET UP THE PUI YIN HOME IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

MR FUNG THANKED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ALLOWING HIS DEPARTMENT TO USE PREMISES IN ITS TAI TAM GAP CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION LAST YEAR FOR SETTING UP A TEMPORARY REMAND UNIT TO EASE THE OVERCROWDING PREVAILING AT THAT TIME.

THE PUI YIN JUVENILE HOME HAS TEN DORMITORIES, A DINING HALL THAT ALSO SERVE AS AN ACTIVITIES HALL, TWO CLASSROOMS, TWO VISIT ROOMS AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES.

SURVEYS ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1905.

THE SURVEY IS AN ANNUAL ENQUIRY WITH THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING STATISTICS FOR ASCERTAINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR STUDYING THE COST STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTPUT LEVELS OF DIFFERENT TRADES IN THE SECTOR AND FOR ANALYSING THE COST AND OUTPUT IN CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

ABOUT 5 300 ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING TRADES WILL BE ENUMERATED IN THE SURVEY, COMPRISING A FULL COVERAGE OF THE PROMINENT CONCERNS AND A RANDOM SAMPLE OF THE SMALLER ESTABLISHMENTS:

BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION÷

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* REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT;

* ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PROJECT ENGINEERING; AND

* REAL ESTATE LEASING, BROKERAGE AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT.

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STATISTICS COLLECTED