Ref: IMM/SEC 279 IV
Analysis of arrivals et Lowu from 10 to 16 November 1980 of travellers holding travel documents issued in the People's Republic of China
Within this period 767 documents were recorded, covering 994 travellers. The great majority were valid for return of the 55 single journey permits recorded in this period, 42 were issued in Guangdong Province other than Guangzhou and 13 in Guangzhou. 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 767
91 122
485
69
(12%) (16%)
(63%)
(9%)
were valid for 3 months when issued were valid for 6 months when issued were valid for 1 year when issued were valid for more than 1 year
within this period 26% of the permits issued in Fujian province were valid for more than 1 year and 68% for one year. All permits issued in Guangzhou were valid for one year.
The place of issue of the 767 permits was as follows
2=
238
(31%)
123
(16%)
254
(33%)
34
(5%)
118
(15%)
places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou
Fujian Province
Jiangsu Province
17 other provinces
During this period no 'pink' permit was issued.
3.
Most of the permits were issued in the two months prior to the travellers' arrival in Hong Kong :
285
(37%)
issued in November 1980
396
(52%)
issued in October 1980
56
(7%)
issued in September 1980
30
(4%)
issued between June and August 1980
Prepared by
Immigration Department
Hong Kong
Date : 27 November 1980
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