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MONDAY, MAY 6, 1991

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THE RE-DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION FROM THE MAIN URBAN AREAS NEW TOWNS HAD RESULTED IN A MARKED DECLINE TN THE POPULATION DENSITY IN THE OLDER DISTRICTS. ALL DISTRICTS IN KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON AS WELL AS WAN CHAI RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN DENSITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

MONG KOK, KWUN TONG AND SHAM SHUI PO, THE THREE MOST DENSELY- POPULATED DISTRICTS, HAD THEIR DENSITY DECLINED BY 18 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. MONG KOK STILL HAD THE HIGHEST DENSITY, WITH 116,400 PERSONS PER SQUARE KILOMETER. THE OVERALL POPULATION DENSITY OF HONG KONG WAS 5,400 PERSONS PER KILOMETRE.

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"PROCESSING OF THE CENSUS DATA IS NOW IN FULL SWING. RESULT OF THE HEAD COUNT AND SOME OTHER MORE DETAILED RESULTS WILL RELEASED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SAID.

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