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YOUR TELNO 1456: RECENT EMIGRATION TRENDS
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1. WE DO NOT HAVE DETAILED STATISTICS ON THE ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE HONG KONG POPULATION. THE ONLY FIGURE AVAILABLE TO US IS A ROUGH ESTIMATION BY THE CENTRAL POLICY UNIT.
IT WAS ESTIMATED IN 1988 THAT 38 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION AGED 15
OR ABOVE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH. THERE IS NO FURTHER BREAKDOWN
INTO LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY.
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