HONG KONG: Hong Kongers are committing suicide in record numbers with a sharp rise in the number of middle-aged people taking their lives, according to figures published yesterday.
The city's suicide rate has shot up by 72% from 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people in 1981 to 16.6 deaths last year, when 1,200 Hong Kongers more than three a day killed themselves.
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