To Australia
APPLICATIONS(CASES)
increase
83/84
2621
VISA ISSUED (PERSONS)
3843
increa
84/85
2110
-19.5%
85/86
3755 (including 309 BMP)
78%
86/87
6280 (including 710 BMP)
67.2%
3997 (including 96 BMP) *
4460 (including 479 BMP)
5200 (including 1071 BMP)
4%
11.6%
16.6%
* BMP is the abbreviation of Business Migration Programme.
Source: from Sue Baldwin, Deputy Consul General, Australian Consulate General in Hong Kong