68 160
PRIORITY
LAIR
HKK 841/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 1 JUN 1978
DESK OFFICER
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TO PRIORITY F CO TELNO 768 OF 22 JUNE 1978.
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
MY TELNC 724: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ISSUED ON 19 JUNE BY GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES ›
QUOTE
IN REPLY TO QUERIES FROM A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS, A SPOKESMAN FROM THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY STATED THAT THE NUMBER OF
IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA IS CONTINUING TO RISE SHARPLY.
IN THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 176 NEW MMIGRANTS ARRIVED AT LOWU, COMPARED WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF 76
IN JUNE 1977 AND 142 IN MAY 1978.
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOR 1978, UP TO JUNE 15, TOTALLED 20,591 COMPARED WITH 26,449 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1977.
UNQUOTE.
2. THESE FIGURES HAVE SEEN USED BY A NUMBER OF LOCAL PAPERS.
A LONGER STORY IN THE SCMP OF 20 JUNE ALSO QUOTES FIGURES TO 19 JUN
INCLUDING THE HIGHEST DAILY ARRIVAL FIGURE THIS YEAR OF 259
ON 18 JUNE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
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PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/PUS
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010
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