A
increased
your Af 1989
effort
26.
The increase in the second half
might be Dartly due to the
hy Consulates/Commissions. particularly Canada, to clear application backlog. Not necessarily have any significant implications from the 4 June event in China.
their
27.
Other reasons for the
increase
in
CNCC
applications in the post-June 1989 period are:
(a)
Countries. like
New Zealand which previously
had character check with RHKPF Aitantly, RAGE
changed their policy requiring applicants
themselves to obtain CNCCs from the police.
(b)
Increased interest in "investment mieration" schemes of some exotic Countries which,
cases. also require CNCCя.
in
mast
28.
As no substantial increase in immigration quota in favour of HK-people is anticipated, CNCC applications in the 2nd half of 1990 will probably level off.
Issue of Visas
29.
The local consulates (or in the case of U.K..
Immigration Department) in Hong Kone of the maior destination countries* provide information оп the number
of visas issued to HKG in confidence. The
immigrant visas issued by the main destination countries in the last ten years are:
-
number of
*
1988,
relied WA
J
On
Seven
ተለ Ip
from statistics countries: Canada, U.S.A., Australia, U.K.. New Zealand, Netherlands and West Germany. W.e. f. 1.1.89, five more
France, Portugal, Panama, Brazil and Mauritius were brought into the system. Judging from the CNCC application statistics, the top three (Canada + USA + Australia) alone account for over 90% of
90% of all emigrants in
in recent years.
The further clarification in including additional countries is unlikely to result in substantial alternations to the estimates of numbers of persons physically emigrating.
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