is
vear. we ATA
13.
As the major destination countries are trying to balance the level of economic migration with family reunions. the emigration profile for 1990 and 1991
unlikely to change significantly, With the introduction
of the British nationality package later this
hoping that the percentage of emigrants in the professional. technical. administrative and managerial category will decrease from the present
present level of 25 Der cent from 1992 onwards.
General information about Emigration
14.
and Australia)
countries
The emigration process begins with the Immigration policies of the main settlement
Hong Kong Government has good information
On these policies but it is of limited usefulness
usefulness in accurately forecasting future outflow. because two of the three major destinations (Canada
have global immigration targets, not country by country quotas, and the third (U.S.A.) is also considering introduction of an independent migrant category which will have a similar effect. Therefore the fact that the total Figure for a particular year may be sharply higher (or lower) than the previous year does not necessarily have a corresponding effect on the ability of Hong Kong people to obtain a visa, although it seems likely there would be some correlation in the long term.
15.
WATA
In the period 1986-7 the immigration policies and quotas of the most popular destination countries changed in ways that had the effect of providing more opportunities for Hong Kong
Kong people to go.
The best
examples are Canada and USA. Tn 1986 Canada reopened the "Independent Selected Worker" categorV which had been frozen for some years. At the same time. Canada's "global planning level" has risen from 105,000 - 115,000 in 1986
to 165.000 175.000 in 1990. From 1 October 1987 Hong Kong's annual quota for the USA was raised from
from 600 to
5,000 as part of an overall
of US immigration
policy.
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