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(FROM HONG KONG
The estimated figures femigration were as follows:
1980
22,400
1985
22,300
1981
18,300
1986
19,000
1982
20,300
1987
30,000
1983
19,800
1988
45,800
1984
22,400
1989
42,000
Most of those who immigrated for settlement were family
reunification cases from the mainland. Those who immigrated for
employment were mainly unskilled and semi-skilled labour.
By contrast, fifty per cent of those who emigrated in the last 5 years were managerial, professional, administrative and technical
staff and their families. There is therefore a net outflow of key
staff.
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