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Annex E
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Immigration Policy on Entry of Immigrants from China via Macau (XCS(80) 2 )
In XCS (80) 2 members were informed that "one effect of the increased restrictions on illegal immigrants imposed by the Chinese has been that an estimated 90,000 immigrants have entered Macau with the intention of moving on to Hong Kong later. In early 1979 these new arrivals in Macau began applying for permission to enter Hong Kong. Many of the applications appeared to be within the general policy governing legal immigration to Hong Kong. the circumstances the Director of Immigration pending a review of the policy on legal immigration from Macau decided to freeze the issue of entry permits. Since then, only one or two applications have been approved, on exceptional humanitarian grounds."
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The issue of entry permits to persons coming from China via Macau remains suspended where the persons concerned were not settled in Macau by 14 Jan 1979.
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