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MR MAK ALSO SAID THE LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT HAD CONTINUED TO RISE IN RECENT YEARS.
THE MOST DRAMATIC INCREASE IS IN THE PROPORTION OF THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THIS CHARACTERISTIC IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE CONTINUOUS DROP IN THE LABOUR PARTICIPATION RATES OF YOUTHS.
YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 15 AND 24 ACCOUNTED FOR 17.5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL LABOUR FORCE IN 1991.
ON LEISURE ACTIVITIES, A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION IN 1991 FOUND THAT MOST OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHED TELEVISION.
OTHER POPULAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED SHOPPING, SPORTS ACTIVITIES, CHATTING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND KARAOKE SINGING.
MANY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY COMMUNITY OR YOUTH CENTRES.
ANOTHER STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION IN 1991 INDICATED THAT HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS HAD VISITED THESE CENTRES IN THE PAST.
BUT ONLY 23 PER CENT OF THEM PARTICIPATED IN VOLUNTARY WORK.
ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, THE TURNOUT RATE OF REGISTERED YOUNG VOTERS (AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 25) IN THE 1991 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WAS HIGHER THAN THAT IN OTHER AGE GROUPS.
"NEVERTHELESS, THE VOTER REGISTRATION RATE OF YOUNG PEOPLE WAS STILL RELATIVELY LOW," HE SAID.
AS TO CRIME RELATED ISSUES, MR MAK SAID SHOP-THEFT REMAINED THE MOST COMMON CRIME IN 1991.
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SEX, A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION IN 1991 SHOWED THAT NEARLY 60 PER CENT OF BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS HAD THEIR FIRST DATE BEFORE THE AGE OF 15.
ACCORDING TO THE SAME SURVEY, 2.8 PER CENT OF THE YOUTHS HAD EXPERIENCED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WHILE DATING.
THE STATISTICAL PROFILE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1974 AND SUBSEQUENTLY UPDATED IN 1988.
IT CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE DATA AND ANALYTICAL INFORMATION ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC, EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
MR MAK SAID: "IT SERVES AS A USEFUL GUIDE TO POLICY-MAKERS, SERVICE PLANNERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THAT OF COURSE, INCLUDES YOUNG PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
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COPIES WILL BE SENT TO YOUTH-RELATED ORGANISATIONS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR REFERENCE.
/THE STATISTICAL
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