AKK 341|1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY MO. S
2 1 MAY 1980
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Analysis of arrivals at LowuDESONFECERO 27 REGISTUV April 1980 of travellers hong travell documents issued in the People's Republic of China
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Within this period 807 documents were recorded, covering 969 travellers. The great majority were valid for return: of the 75 single journey permits recorded in this period, 64 were issued in places in Guangdong province other than Guangzhou; 1 was issued in Guangzhou, 1 in Fujian, 3 in Hubei, 1 in Jiangzi,
1 in Anhui, 3 in Yunnan and 1 in Guizhon. Permits were issued for varying periods of validity(in the case of single journey permits the period refers to the time within which the permit had to be used). Of the 807 :
were valid for 3 months when issued
46 (5.7%) 245 (30%) 411 (51%) 105 (13%)
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Within this period 56% of the permits issued in Fujian province were valid for more than 1 year and 27% for one year. 93% of the permits issued in Guangzhou were valid for one year.
The place of issue of the 807 permits was as follows :
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317
(39%)
140
(17%)
places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou
167
(21%)
Fujian province
49
(6%)
Jiangsu province
134
(17%)
17 other provinces
During this period only 8 'pink' permits were issued: these were from Yunnan (7) and Shandong (1).
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Most of the permits were issued in the month prior to the
travellers' arrival in Hong Kong :
487 (60%)
issued in April 1980
271
(34%)
量
" March 1980
17 (2.1%)
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"February 1980
10
(1.2%)
11
"January 1980
22
(2.7%)
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between July and December 1979
Prepared by Immigration Department
Hong Kong
12-5-80