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CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 191200Z
FM HONG KONG 191228Z FEBRUARY 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 163 OF 19 FEBRUARY
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
YOUR TELNO 184 P Q'S
Mikk 345/25
1. DRAFT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
HATK 380/2
ROHE RECEIVED IN
No
KINDLY RA
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AP 23
43
1. BECAUSE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SOME PAPERS IN THE
FILE IS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL'
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2. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.
2. AGREED AS DRAFTED.
See (47)
HKK 345/250
4. YES.
5. THE CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR WAS ISSUED ONLY FOR THE
INFORMATION OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND WAS NOT RELEASED TO THE PRESS. ENQUIRIES INTO THE UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE OF THE CIRCULAR ARE NOW IN PROGRESS.
6. WE EXPECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS LATER THIS YEAR. THE
COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE POLICY IN THE CIRCULAR BUT
WILL MAKE WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS IT CONSIDERS RIGHT.
7. NO.
8. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.
9. APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT SEVEN THREE MILLION.
10. AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1981, 413,911 OF WHOM APPROXIMATELY 362,000 ARE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. A CLASSIFICATION BY AGE
AND SEX IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.
11. HONG KONG RESIDENTS MAY PETITION THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. ALL SUCH COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE GOVERNOR.
2. BACKGROUND MATERIAL:
4. THE PROCEDURES ARE BASED LARGELY ON HMG'S CURRENT PRACTICES.
9. OTHER THAN ABOUT 20,000 ALL OF THE 1.73 MILLION ARE
CHINESE.
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10. FURTHER