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Of course, there are also losses as graduates are among
those who emigrate, and gains when some of them return
after obtaining a foreign passport. Taking all these
factors into account, and after making a series of heroic
assumptions on such matters as the proportion of those
going overseas to study who successfully graduate, what
proportion of them return to Hong Kong, what proportion of
emigrants, and returned emigrants, are graduates, our best
guess is that in 1987, our community achieved a net gain
in the number of graduates of the order of 3,000.
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On the surface, that figure may seem
encouraging. But there is no room for complacency. A
fresh graduate gained does not equate immediately with an
experienced man lost. And I would be the first to admit that our information on the situation is at best patchy,
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and less than wholly reliable. The reason Hong Kong
Government does not have comprehensive figures is because
of the complete freedom of movement enjoyed by Hong Kong
people
citizens and the mobility of the population. We need no
permission to travel; no approval to go to this or that
place: no need to account to anyone for our movements.
The success of a Hong Kong person's desire to emigrate is
predicated only on his ability to obtain approval from the
He needs no permission from us.
destination country,
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