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The conference did not question the freedom to divorce in China, where the number of cases is reported to have risen by more than 27 per cent since passage of a more-liberal marriage law in 1981. Adultery condemned But the gathering condemned adultery as an attack on public order as well as the couple and said adulters or suffer administrative sanctions or even legal penalties. Participants at the conference also judged sex education indispensable for avoiding the spread of deviant or improper sexual practices. Unorthodox sexual attitudes such as homosexuality are consideréd mental illness in China, and known homosexuals can be committed for hospital treatment. Social pressure is reported to have driven some to should be re suicide. The authorities have also cracked .down on pornography, particularly on video cassettes and other “sexually explicit material. 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U.S. divorce rate dropping WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. divorce rate is dropping, with the number of dissolved marriages falling by 43,000 between 1981 and 1982, a new population study suggests. After setting a record with 1,213,000 divorces in 1981, only 1,170,000 marrked couples called it quits in 1982, the most recent year for which detailed information is available, the study by the National Centre Health Statistics said. “This was the first decline in the number of divorces in 20 years,” the study by Barbara Wilson said. The centre collects birth, marriage, death, divorce and health information for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources. “The divorce rate also dropped sharply, from 5.3 per 1,000 population in 1981 to 5.0 in 1982,” the report said. “This drop of six per cent was more precipitous than any annual decline since those recorded following the steep, but tempor. ary, surge in marriages and divorces in the aftermath of World War II.” The government statisticians hesitate to speculate on reasons for the changes. However, Larry Bumpass of the Centre for Demography and Economy at the University of Wisconsin suggested an important factor is likely the changing composition of the U.S. population. Young people seeking education and careers are increasingly delaying marriage, resulting in fewer married persons overall and many of those who do wed, do so at later ages. Fewer marriages mean fewer divorces, Bumpass observed Marriages among the young tend to be highly unstable, he said, so delaying marriages may lead to fewer divorces because the partners are more mature. In support, the study noted most divorces occur relatively early in marriage — half within seven years. The average duration of marriages in the United States was 9.4 years in 1982, the study added, the same as in 1972. The report also noted that with the decline in number of divorces, and the shrinking size of families, the number of children affected by divorce fell. The number of children from broken homes fell from 1,180,000 in 1981 to 1,108,000 in 1982, the study said. The decline in divorce rates was reported across most of the United States, with declines of 10 per cent or more reported in Nevada, Kansas, Mississippi, Idaho and Iowa. Increases in divorce rates were reported in Vermont, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Delaware, Virginia and Utah. Statisties were incomplete for Ohio, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Lifestyles in brief VICTORIA (CP) — Women over 75 have more memory problems than men the same age, a University of Victoria study indicates. Psychologist Don Read said many older people are unable to cue themselves to remember to do something — such as stopping on the way home to pick up the dry cleaning. This area of mental ability in the older population has been ignored by researchers, he says. Read and his research team surveyed 775 Victoria men and women over 50, each of whom was told at the beginning of an interview to remember at the end to ask for a red pencil for a drawing they were to make. Read said only 33 forgot to ask but 14 of them were from a single group — the women 75 and older consisting of about 60 subjects. EDMONTON (CP) A food scientist at the Univer sity of Alberta is trying to produce an instant baked po- tato. Buncha Ooraikul, backed by Edmonton businessman Service to diplomats OTTAWA (CP) — Doug Hall is a nomad of Canadian interior design, travelling the globe with fabrics and carpets to balance beauty with service in 200 Canadian diplomatic homes. Hall, one of six interior designers with the External Affairs Department, has been to virtually every country in the world except South Africa and Australia — a travel log which amounts to six cireumferences of the globe. In the last 17 years, he’s been invited to a diplomatic party where a herd of water buffalo was driven on to the dance’ floor, seen his work published in’ magazines ranging from the Thailand House and Garden to Canadian Architect, and learned nude statues aren't suitable embassy decoration. Hall's department works with an annual design budget of about $2.5 million. OLD AND NEW Next year, he'll go to Rome to work on Porta Latina, a pre- Second World War mansion. He'll also be in i the new ch llery building designed by architect Arthur Erickson. When Hall returns to his Ottawa base, he can choose from a sample room with about 10,000 types of fabric and catalogues filled with furniture and furnishings from companies around the world. His greatest challenges, Hall says, are decorating embassies in Communist countries. “You are constantly watched. You can just take it for granted that when you build or rent a space that it is being monitored. slightly higher than the other chairs at the dining room table.” different. ability to have a few more than the normal number of guests.” to keep colors and furniture in a tone that will be accep- table to the next tenant. vated and redecorated about every 10 years, depending on their size. $30,000, while a major posting, such as the embassy in the United Kingdom, may cost up to $250,000. furniture blue, then you try and discourage it.” said Hall, and many are made uncomfortable by the swirling social scene of international diplomacy. has a higher degree of awareness of fine “London things. People know good carpets and good fittings. They know when something is an antique and when its a repro- duction.” And you have to know details such as the dimensions of the Queen's dining room chair. “It must stand out,” explains Hall. “It has to be In a’small Third World post the situation is quite “We want to create a good family home with the No matter where the residence, designers must try Canadian diplomatic residences abroad are reno- COSTS VARY The redecoration of a small building costs about “If someone wants to paint the walls red and the Canadian diplomats are frugal compared with most, “The design is more formal than other pe embassies because the structure of society is very formal. The dinners tend to be stuffy, starchy affairs.” about spending $800 on a flower arrangement. A Canadian diplomat wouldn't spend that in a year.” e tries” wouldn't think twice Parents want to run child's life OTTAWA (CP) — The super parent.” biggest problem parents Children today learn more have is their natural desire to at an earlier age and they are run a child’s life, says family less likely to believe what- Bob Brassi ever a parent says. Jack i, has been working on the project for almost two years. He has come up with a spud that consists of mashed potatoes inside a fabricated membrane shell that resembles a potato skin. The exact ingredients are being kept secret until a patent is obtained. Iwabuchi is president of I and A Produce Ltd., a 25-year-old firm that supplies fruit, vegetables and french fries to hospitals, airlines and restaurants. The company has sunk $60,000 into the project Ooraikul and Iwabuchi are awaiting word on a $13,000 federal grant to test the product on the market. 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