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
is
of the British nationality package later this Vear. we ATA
hoping that the percentage of emigrants in the
professional. technical. administrative and managerial category will decrease
will decrease from the Dresent level of 25 вет
cent from 1992 onwards.
General information about Emigration
14.
settlement
with the
countries
on these
The emigration process be ains
Immigration policies of the main
Hong Kong Government has good information policies but it is of limited usefulness in accurately forecasting future outflow. because two of the three major
destinations
(Canada and
Australia)
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
ability of Hong Kong people to obtain a visa. although it seems likely there would be some correlation in the long term.
15.
The best
In the period 1986-7 the immigration policies and quotas of the most popular destination countries WATA changed in ways that had the effect of providing more opportunities for Hong Kong people to go. examples are Canada and USA. In 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
risen from 105,000 to 165.000
-
-
115,000 in 1986
175.000 in 1990. From 1 October 1987 Hong Kong's annual quota for the USA was raised from 600 to
5,000 as part of an overall revamp of US policy.
immigration
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