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A separate category of entrant
is, however, those who arrive legally from
China for residence purposes by means of
Chinese One-way Exit Permits issued by
By agreement
the Chinese authorities.
with the latter these are restricted to
75 permits per day, amounting to about
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27,000 persons per year as a permanent
addition to Hong Kong's population.
Since 1979, 220,000 Chinese permit
holders have entered Hong Kong.
They are,
of course, free to take up employment
after arrival, and I have no doubt that
many of them have in fact entered the
local labour market.