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May 24, 2004

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The SCMP reports on a study on gambling:

Almost half of all secondary school pupils have gambled, and the average age they placed their first bet was 12, according to a survey...The study found 48 per cent had tried gambling - 32 per cent in the past three months - with 12 the average age for a first bet.
This is an outrage. Why have 52% of students not tried participating in Hong Kong's favourite pasttime? Do this silent half of the student population expect the horse racing industry to exist on its own? Who will fund the white elephants of Hong Kong if the Jockey Club doesn't exist? These selfish children need to be taught a lesson. Ship them all over to Macau for a school excursion and make them realise without gambling there can be nothing good in the world.

 posted by Simon on 05.24.04 at 10:12 AM in the




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