TNAG-1039-FCO40-1289-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 228

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PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND FILMS RUN WILD IN HONG KONG POIGONING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. HONG KONG'S PORNOGRAPHIC *DENS" (PL IS FOR PROSTITUTION IN VARIOUS FORMS) ARE ACTUALLY LICENSED. LAST YEAR, OVER 90 PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS WERE SHOWN IN HONG KONG AVERAGING 1 SUCH FILM EVERY 4 DAYS. INCIDENTALLY, IN THE EYES OF MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, "STRIPPING TO THE SKIN" ALONE IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED AS PORNOGRAPHIC. HERE "PORNOGRAPHIC" FILNG MEAN THOSE EXTREMELY OBSCENE FILMS DEPICTING SEXUALITY, FILMS AROUT ILLICIT SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUTHTER AND BETWEEN SON AND NOTHER ARE ALSO SHOWN IN HONG KONG. AS TO GAMBLING, IT HAS RECONE "INTEGRAL PART OF SOME PEOPLE'S LIFE. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES HAVE "BANNED GAMBLING." BUT THERE ARE TWO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS: BETTING ON HORSES IS "AUTHORIZED" BY THE ENGLISH QUEEN AND MAHJONG (PLAYED FOR HIGH STAKES) IS ONLY A KIND OF "RECREATION* IN *CULTURAL LIFE." SO THE DEAFENING NOISE OF MAHJONG FROM RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IS HEARD AT NIGHT. SOME PEOPLE EVEN PLAY MAHJONG ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. AS TO BETTING ON HORSES, 17 IS "A MAJOR EVENT" OF THE INHABITANTS IN HONG KONG. EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWD INTO THE RACE COURSE OR ATTENTIVELY READ NEWSPAPERS, WATCH TELEVISION AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LAY DOWN THEIR BETS AND EXPECT TO BECOME RICH ALL OF A SUDDEN. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TAX BETTING ON HORSE HEAVILY AND "THE JOCKEY CLUB* IS ALSO ABLE TO REAP ENORMOUS PROFITS, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS, THE AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF EACH INHABITANT IN

་ ་ HONG KONG ON HORSE RACING ANOUNTS TO OVER HK$1,300, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGES OF AN ORDINARY WORKER.

VER: THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES AND "THE JOCKEY CLUB" OBTAIN OVER HK$ 600 MILLION. FROM BETTING ON HORSES EACH YEAR WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL SOURCE OF FINANCIAL REVENUE. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW ZHOU YU BEAT HUANG GAI. ONE WAS WILLING TO BEAT AND THE OTHER WAS WILLING TO BE REATEN! "THE MOTIVATION" FOR IT IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF "LOOKING TOWARD HONEY."