TO BE STILL I VIETNAM SONE Ent

UTANC CAINESE AND SEVERAL TIMES THAT NUMBER OF CTH IS METHANESE ANXICUS TO LEAVE

TAVCJE THE COUNTRY, A FURTHEN ROTENTIAL PRIC. CAR

CER IS THAT SOME 250,000 REFUGEES, PREDOMINANTLY ETHNIC CHINESE, HAVE GONE TO CHINA FROM

VIETNA AND MANY NO LONGER WISH TO HENA IN THESE. THERE ARE ASOUT 300,000 IN GUANGDONG AND A FURTHER 5,00 IN QUANGXI AND FUJIAN, IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, SOME 4,000 - 5,000 HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO HONG KONG. SO FAR 750 OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED TO CHINA.

THREAT TO THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG FROM IMIGRATION: 15. NEITHER LEGAL IMMIGRATION NOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AREA A THREAT TO HONG KONG IN A CONVENTIONAL SENSE. HOEVER > COMBINED WITH ILLEGAL MIGRATION, THEY RESULT IN AR OVERALL AND RAPID EXPANSION OF HONG KONG'S POPULATION WHICH WILL CREATE SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THESE COULD LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE TENSION, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS DISORDERS AND HENCE A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. SUCH A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE WOULD SE EXACERBATED IF THE GOVERNMENT SEEMED INCAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THE LARGE SCALE INFLUX.

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CC PARA 15 - FIRST LINE LAST TWO WORDS - ARE A THREAT ETC.. CC PARA 2 LAST LLINE - FINAL THREE WORDS

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