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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986

NO INFORMATION WAS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE ABOUT CASES INVOLVING POST-SECONDARY OR TERTIARY STUDENTS, HE SAID.

+FIGURES FROM THE CORONER'S OFFICE, MEANWHILE, INDICATE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUICIDES IN THE 10-19 AGE GROUP IN THE YEARS 1983, 1984 AND 1985 WERE 21, NINE AND 14 RESPECTIVELY, HE SAID.

+ IT SHOULD BE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TIME PERIODS ARE CALENDAR RATHER THAN ACADEMIC YEARS AND THAT THE 10-19 AGE GROUP IS NOT COMPOSED WHOLLY OF STUDENTS.+

PRINCIPAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOLE, CAUSES IN THE CASES INVOLVING SCHOOL CHILDREN, AS REVEALED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDED POOR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, ABNORMAL EMOTIONAL REACTIONS AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS.

AS REGARDS THE TWO STUDENTS ATTENDING TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, HE SAID, THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IN ONE CASE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF PERSONAL AND WORK-RELATED FACTORS, WHILE THE CAUSE IN THE OTHER CASE WAS NOT KNOWN.

LEI YUE MUN TO PRESERVE VILLAGE CHARACTER

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THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AT LE! YUE MUN AND IT IS INTENDED THAT THE PRESENT VILLAGE CHARACTER OF THE AREA SHOULD BE PRESERVED, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI, MR CHAN SAID IMPLEMENTATION OF STAGE 4 OF THE SAM KA TSUEN DEVELOPMENT INVOLVED SOME MINOR CLEARANCE ON THE PERIPHERY OF LE 1 YUE MUN VILLAGE, BUT THE VILLAGE ITSELF WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.

+NEVERTHELESS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND FACILITIES OF THE AREA ARE NEEDED, + HE SAID.

ON CAR PARK ING, MR CHAN SAID AS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION A SITE HAD BEEN RESERVED AT THE EDGE OF LEI YUE MUN VILLAGE FOR A MULTI- STOREY CAR-LORRY PARK.

IN THE SHORTER TERM, THREE PIECES OF LAND HAD BEEN LET ON SHORT-TERM TENANCIES FOR TEMPORARY CAR PARKS, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 162 SPACES.

/IN ADDITION,