BACKGROUND NOTE
1. As usual, the totals include the 422 Vietnamese
refugees who had been settled in China and who subse-
quently entered Hong Kong illegally. Of these 422, 8
have been in Hong Kong for 3 years or more, 4 for 2 years
or more, 439 for one year or more and 61 for less than
one year. 328 will be repatriated to China on 17 December.
Hong Kong and General Department
16 December 1982