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B. FAMILY COMPOSITION

Father CHOW Leun, 53, a dyeing worker earning

$28.80 a day.

Mother: LEUNG Nuen, 46, housewife, doing occasional

handwork at home.

1 Elder Sister: CHAU Yuk-ha, 26, married, woollen knitting

worker, of 201 Matauwei Road, 3/F, Rear Block

with her husband, also a woollen knitting worker, and a daughter.

2 younger sisters: 1. CHAU Yuk-ching, 22, a garment factory worker

carning $15 a day.

2. CHAU Yuk-ling, 11, a Primary four pupil,

monthly tuition: $34.

6 younger brothers: 1. CHAU Cheuk-kim, 20, an apprentice at a plastic

machinery factory earning $320 a month with lodging.

2. CHAU Cheuk-kiu, 18, a semi-skilled dyeing

worker earning $540 a month.

3. CHOW Cheuk-keung, 17, a pattern printers' semi-

skilled worker; carning $600 a month.

4. CHOW Cheuk-cheong, 14, a Form one student,

monthly tuition: $34.

5. CHOW Cheuk-min, 13, a primary four pupil,

monthly tuition: $10.

6. CHOW Cheuk-kai, 9, a primary 3 pupil.

C. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

The Prisoner's family paid $45 per month for a cubicle at Sau Mou Ping Estate. They were formerly residents of a wooden hut in Yau Yat Chuen from where they were resettled in August 1967 to present address. The rooms are furnished with double bunks, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a telephone and a stereo set. The place is quite tidily kept and well ventilated. All of the family members except the married daughter and the fourth son who is serving as apprentice lived there.

The Prisoner had stayed away from home for a couple of years since taking up apprenticeship and lodging at construction sites. Before he was arrested he lived with a call-girl called Wong Yuk-ping at Flat E, 61 Russell Street, 12/F, and shared the flat with another co-Accused, Liu Sim Shun.

/D.