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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1986

BETWEEN 1981 AND 1986, THERE WAS A SHIFT OF WORKERS FROM MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND SERVICES INDUSTRIES.

AN AVERAGE WORKER EARNED 70 PER CENT MORE INCOME IN 1986 THAN IN 1981. DISCOUNTING CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICES, REAL EARNINGS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT DURING THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

INCOMES FOR HOUSEHOLDS ALSO SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

THE MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. CALCULATED AT 1981 PRICES, INCREASED FROM $2 955 IN 1981 TO $3 386 IN 1986.

THESE AND OTHER SUMMARY FINDINGS ON THE 1986 BY-CENSUS ARE PRESENTED IN THE +HONG KONG 1986 BY-CENSUS SUMMARY RESULTS+, WHICH, TOGETHER WITH FOUR OTHER ADVANCE REPORTS ON THE BY-CENSUS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.

THE FIVE REPORTS ARE :

* HONG KONG 1986 BY-CENSUS: SUMMARY RESULTS

* DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY AREA: POPULATION BY AGE

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TERTIARY PLANNING UNIT POPULATION BY AGE

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DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY AREA: LIVING QUARTERS HOUSEHOLDS AND POPULATION BY TYPE OF LIVING QUARTERS AND

* TERTIARY PLANNING UNIT: LIVING QUARTERS, HOUSEHOLDS

AND POPULATION BY TYPE OF LIVING QUARTERS.

KUK AID IN CUSTOMARY SUCCESSION PROCESSING URGED

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR JAMES HAYES, URGED THE HEUNG YEE KUK TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT IN PROCESSING AND REGISTERING CUSTOMARY SUCCESSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

IN AN ARTICLE FOR A SPECIAL PUBLICATION CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, DR HAYES SAID THAT DESPITE INROADS OF MODERN THINKING, WHICH HAS LED TO DRAWING UP WILLS AND THE OCCASIONAL CONTESTING OF CUSTOMARY SUCCESSION BY WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS, THROUGH BEING LINKED TO LAND OWNERSHIP WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF VILLAGES COMMUNITIES, THE BULK OF SUCCESSION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS STILL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CUSTOM.

/+LOCAL CUSTOM