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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.75 OF 10 JANUARY,
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INFO PRIORITY: FEXING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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PEKING TELNO.916 TO F.C.0 OF 16 DEC 78 :
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA,
THE NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER WERE AS FOLLOWS. COMPARISON WITH THE FIGURES FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND FOR DECEMBER 1977 FOLLOW
IN BRACKETS:
(A) TOTAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT VISAS FOR HONG KONG:
11,376 (9,946: 3,011).
(B) HOLDING ONWARD VISAS: 1,758 (1,840 : N/A),
(C)
DAILY AVERAGE OF ALL NOT HOLDING ONWARD VISAS : 319 (384 : 97).
:
(D)
PASSPORT HOLDERS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS:
3,025 (3,496 : 258),
(E)
ILLEGALS REPATRIATED: 1,128 (2,019 : 116).
2. ALTHOUGH THE DECEMBER FIGURES FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION WERE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NOVEMBER ONES, THE DAILY ARRIVAL RATE STARTED TO DECLINE FROM 17 DECEMBER (WHEN THE RUNNING DAILY AVERAGE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 348). THIS WAS ENTIRELY DUE TO REDUCED NUMBERS O PASSPORT HOLDERS ARRIVING WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS, WE HAVE EVIDENCE FROM LOW LEVEL INTELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT THE CHINESE HAVE NOW DECIDED NOT TO GIVE EXIT VISAS TO PEOPLE CLAIMING THE PHILIPPINES
AS THEIR ONWARD DESTINATION UNLESS THEY HAVE A FULL (NOT TOURIST) VISA FOR THE PHILIPPINES OR AN ENTRY VISA FOR HONG KONG. THE LATE DECEMBER PATTERN HAS CONTINUED IN THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF JANUARY
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