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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. 1738 TO OAG HONG KONG
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DORMITORIES ABOVE BUSINESS PREMISES ESPECIALLY IN THE PROVINCES. (8) WHILE THE FACT THAT MAJORITY OF THE IMMIGRANTS CAME IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND THE EARLY SIXTIES MUST BE BORNE IN MIND. TYPICAL AGES OF HONG KONG CHINESE ARE 15, 25, 35 AND 45. MOSTLY MARRIED BUT UNACCOMPANIED AND INTEND TO STAY UNTIL EITHER THEIR CHILDREN HAVE COME AND ESTABLISHED HERE, EARNED ENOUGH MONEY TO RETURN FOR A COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT OR TOO OLD TO WORK. MOST MANAGE TO GO HOME FOR A HOLIDAY ONCE EVERY FIVE
YEARS.
(9) NEWSPAPERS READ:
A. RESTAURANT OPERATIVES: U.K. EDITIONS OF WAH KIU YAT PO, WEN
WEI PAO AND TA KUNG PAO.
B. STUDENTS: NATIONAL AND LOCAL ENGLISH PAPERS. HONG KONG
PAPERS IN HONG KONG HOUSE.
C. SEAMEN: AS IN (A).
D. OTHERS: ALL THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE.
SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION: HONG KONG PAPERS FLOWN IN BY AIR ARE
DISTRIBUTED BY APPOINTED AGENTS BY
POST TO REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS AND ALSO THROUGH RETAILERS SUCH AS CHINESE
GROCERS.
(10) WE HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ABOUT 1,000 RESTAURANTS, MOST GROCERS, LAUNDRIES, CLUBS AND MISSIONARY CENTRES THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY. THE HONG KONG STUDENTS OFFICE KEEPS RECORDS OF ALL ? STUDENTS.
ENDS.
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2. GRATEFUL TO BE INFORMED OF THE RESULTS OF YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.
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