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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1990

THOSE STUDYING FOR MATRICULATION OR IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNT FOR 12,000. THE ENROLMENT RATIO OF THE AGE GROUP FIVE TO 14 IS ABOUT 100 PER CENT.

MAJORITY OF DAY SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE SAMB DISTRICT AS THEIR RESIDENCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RURAL NORTHWEST AND RURAL NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES.

A HIGH PERCENTAGE LIVING THERE HAS TO TRAVEL TO THE NEAREST NEW TOWN FOR STUDY.

AMONG THE NEW TOWNS, SHA TIN/MA ON SHAN HAS A HIGHER PROPORTION OF STUDENTS TRAVELLING TO KOWLOON FOR STUDY.

EXCEPT TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG/TSING YI AND TUEN MUN/YUEN LONG, LESS THAN HALF OF THE WORKING POPULATION WORK IN THE SAME PLACE AS THEIR RESIDENTIAL TOWN/DISTRICT SUBSTANTIAL DEMAND FOR COMMUTING TRAFFIC.

INDICATING A

MIGRANTS (THOSE WHO LIVED IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT FIVB YEARS AGO) IN NEW TOWNS AND RURAL DISTRICTS HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 25 AND 39 AND ARE LIKELY TO BE BETTER EDUCATED.

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