SOCIAL ENQUIRY
LAU Ming-chiu @ Chịu Chai
CONDEMNED PRISONER
Native Place: Ko Yiu, Kwangtung Province.
Age: 22
ANNEXSTO XCR(742203
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
According to the Prisoner, he was born in Canton on 1.1.1952 and he came to Hong Kong by illegal entry on 11.7.1972. His parents, his younger brother, and three younger sisters lived in the Mainland China. His parents were divorced in 1966 and he was placed into the custody of his mother by the court. His mother was found pregnant during the period of filing divorce proceedings and later gave birth to a youngest sister. Her other three children were in the custody of his father.
The Prisoner received his education up to Junior Middle 1 in Mainland China. His father was a school teacher and worked in different places. He had therefore to change schools often. He attended altogether three primary schools in his seven years of primary schooling and he had repeated once in the primary one. Then, he suffered from chronic brain troubles and was required to stop schooling altogether for about two years. He later recovered and was sent to work in rubber farms at Hoi Nam Island. He resumed schooling during the Cultural Revolution in 1967 at No. 46 Middle School in Canton for about one year. Finally he left schooling because his mother was remarried, and there was no support from other sources.
In 1968, he was required to return to Ko Yiu to work as farmer until 1972. He was not accustomed to farm work and was tempted to escape. He also said he was discriminated by his step-father. He was asked by his mother to visit her relatives in Hong Kong. All these led him to believe he should leave his village.
The Prisoner was greeted by his elder maternal uncle upon his arrival in Hong Kong. He was given board and lodging at 157 Kwong Fuk Road, 2/F, Tai Po Market, Tai Po, New Territories, where he stayed for about six months. Then he left this home of his own accord.
Before he left his uncle, he was recommended a job at his uncle's friend's place. But he was not happy with this job and sought for work by himself. Since then, he had worked at one plastic factory, and a few restaurants. In about June 1973, he said he had given up regular employment. Since then, he was in
substitute work for about two months at different restaurants
/before
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