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bringing the total number of licensed places to 108. All marriages per- formed at licensed places of worship are registered at the principal Registry in the City Hall.
Marriages performed and registered
132. A total number of 12,608 were registered during the year, 92 less than the record number in 1963–64. Of these, 11,233 were civil marriages-29 less than in 1963-64-performed in the Registries as follows:
Hong Kong
Principal Registry, Hong Kong.. Causeway Bay Registry
Aberdeen 'part-time' Registry
Shau Kei Wan 'part-time' Registry
Kowloon and New Kowloon
Kowloon Registry
Farm Road Registry
Kwun Tong Registry
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New Territories (other than New Kowloon)
Tai Po Registry
Tsuen Wan Registry
Cheung Chau 'part-time' Registry
Yuen Long Registry
Sai Kung 'part-time' Registry
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4,540 563
2
15
5,120
+
5,010
194
185
5,389
227
267
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172
16
42
724
11,233
Total
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Since Marriage Sub-Registries were opened in the New Territories in 1960 the numbers of marriages performed there have increased as follows:
:
1960-61 1961-62
1962-63
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217 350
402
1963-64 1964-65
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503
724
133. The remaining 1,375 marriages were celebrated in licensed places of worship of various denominations as follows:
Roman Catholic
Interdenominational
Church of England
Church of Christ in China Lutheran
Methodist
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Independent Chinese Baptist
Independent Baptist...
Other Protestant
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T
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1,056
99
80
37
-
25
18
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15
10
35
1,375
Total
The total of 1,375 is 63 less than the previous year's total of 1,438.
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