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MY TWO IPTS: LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
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THE PROPORTION OF ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS HAS UNTIL
RECENTLY REMAINED MORE OR LESS CONSTANT AT 75 PERCENT TO 25
PERCENT SINCE OCTOBER 1981.
2. FOR A FEW DAYS IN LATE SEPTEMBER, THE PROPORTION OF TWO-WAY
PERMIT HOLDERS ROSE TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. SINCE THEN,
THE PROPORTION OF TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS HAS FALLEN PROGRESSIVELY
BACK TO THE OLD FIGURE OF ABOUT 25 PERCENT. THERE HAVE, HOWEVER,
BEEN QUITE WIDE VARIATIONS FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THE REDUCTION IN THE PROPORTION OF ONE-WAY
PERMIT HOLDERS WAS AN ACCIDENT OF DUE TO DELIBERATE EFFORTS ON
THE PART OF THE CHINESE IN RESPONSE TO OUR APPROACHES. WE SHALL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FIGURES CLOSELY.
YOUDE
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MRGIFFARD MRDONALD
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