Ref.: IMM/SEC 279 IV
Analysis of arrivals at Lowu from 29-12-80 to 4-1-81 of travellers holding travel documents issued in the People's Republic of China
Within this period 882 documents were recorded, covering 1,230 travellers. The great majority were valid for return of the 66 single journey permits recorded in this period, 54 were issued in Guangdong Province other than Guangzhou; 9 in Guangzhou, 2 in Hebei and 1 in Guizhou. 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 882 :-
32 119
730
(3.6%) (13.5%) (82.8%)
1
(0.1%)
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 no permit issued in Fujian province was valid for more than 1 year and 98% for one year.
were
All permits issued in Guangzhou were
valid for one year.
2.
A
The place of issue of the 882 permits was as follows :-
places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou
253
(28.7%)
164
(18.6%)
293
(33.2%)
Fujian Province
39
(4.4%)
Jiangsu Province
133
(15.1%)
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 :-
30
663
(3.4%) (75.2%)
issued in January 1981 issued in December 1980
156
(17.7%) issued in November 1980
33
(3.7%)
issued in September & October 1980
Prepared by
Immigration Department
Hong Kong
Date: 20 January 1981