  We investigate the decays of $\chi_{c0,2}$ into vector meson pairs ($VV$),
pseudoscalar pairs ($PP$), and scalar pairs ($SS$) in a general factorization
scheme. The purpose is to clarify the role played by the OZI-rule violations
and SU(3) flavour breakings in the decay transitions, and their correlations
with the final state meson wavefunctions. For $\chi_{c0,2}\to VV$ and $PP$, we
obtain an overall self-contained description of the experimental data. Applying
this factorization to $\chi_{c0}\to f_0^i f_0^j$, where $i, j=1, 2, 3$ denotes
$f_0(1710)$, $f_0(1500)$ and $f_0(1370)$, respectively, we find that specific
patterns will arise from the model predictions for the decay branching ratio
magnitudes, and useful information about the structure of those three scalars
can be abstracted.
