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3. QUESTION C: WE SUGGEST YOU REPLY 2
QUOTE THE NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RETURNED TO CHINA EACH YEAR SINCE 1974 ARE 223 (SINCE 30 NOV 1974), 1,133 (1975), 810 (1976), 1,779 (1977) AND 847 (UP TO 30 APRIL 1978). SEVENTY
PERCENT OF THEM WERE IN THE 16 TO 25 AGE BRACKET UNQUOTE.
AS BACKGROUND, THE PERCENTAGES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE
APPREHENDED ENTERING FROM CHINA IN EACH AGE GROUP ARE:-
Ø
16
15
25
2
PERCENT
70
PERCENT
26
35 :
24
PERCENT
36
45
3 PERCENT
46
55
0.6 PERCENT
56
65
9.3 PERCENT
OVER 65 : 0.1 PERCENT,
WE HAVE NOT GIVEN A QUOTE AVERAGE UNQUOTE AGE BECAUSE IT IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND, WE THINK, AN ARITHMETIC AVERAGE IS IN
ANY CASE NOT VERY MEANINGFUL.
4, QUESTION D: WE SUGGEST YOU REPLY:
QUOTE THE NUMBER OF LEGAL ENTRANTS FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG SINCE 1972 ARE : 20,355 (1972), 55,659 (1973), 32,918 (1974), 25,641 (1975), 20,453 (1976), 26,449 (1977) AND 13,564 (UP TO 30 APRIL 1978). OF THESE, ABOUT 76,500 HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO
RESIDE IN HONG KONG PERMANENTLY. EIGHTY, FIVE PERCENT OF ALL
LEGAL CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 45, WITH THE HIGHEST PROPORTION IN THE AGE BRACKET Ø TO 15 YEARS (THIRTY
FOUR PERCENT) UNQUOTE.
5. AS BACKGROUND, YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA WHO ARE NATIVES OF KWANGTUNG PROVINCE (CANTONESE)
ARE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS ON ENTRY. THOSE WHO ARE
NOT NATIVES OF KWANGTUNG PROVINCE WERE GRANTED PERMANENT
RESIDENT STATUS ON ENTRY BEFORE 1 JULY 1972, BUT SINCE THEN HAVE
BEEN GRANTED STAY ON LIMITATION (USUALLY ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE EVERY YEAR). THE FIGURE OF 76,580 QUOTED ABOVE INCLUDES ALL CANTONESE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS SINCE 1 JANUARY 1972 AND THOSE
NON-CANTONESE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED HONG KONG BETWEEN
1 JANUARY AND 30 JUNE 1972. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED STAY
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