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OVERALL ETHNIC VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS (NORTH AND SOUTH)
OF 28% COMPARED WITH 18% IN MAY AND 8% IN APRIL.
5. AT PRESENT ABOUT 1,800 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAVE JOBS, ROUGHLY
60% OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF THE SHAMSHUIPO AND JUBILEE BUILDINGS CAMPS. RASANAYAGAM HAS TRIED TO INTRODUCE A SCHEME TO WITHDRAW
FOOD ALLOWANCES FROM REFUGEES WHO WORK BUT THIS HAS SO FAR FAILED.
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
6. LATEST FIGURES AT 240900Z:
LEGAL ARRIVALS JAN-24 JUNE: 39,756.
DAILY AVERAGE 18-24 JUNE: 168.
ILLEGALS REPATRIATED JAN-24 JUNE: 45,403.
DAILY AVERAGE 18-24 JUNE: 246.
7. OUR LATEST CALCULATIONS OF THE EVASION RATIO SHOW THAT THIS
WAS PROBABLY DOWN TO 1 : 1 IN MAY. A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE BASED ON REVISED EVASION RATIOS FOR EACH MONTH THIS YEAR GIVES A TOTAL INCREASE IN HONG KONG'S POPULATION FROM LEGALS AND EVADERS TO 24 JUNE OF ABOUT 110,000.
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