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increase and 1,747 New Territories people are known to have gone to work in Britain alone during 1962. At the present time there are believed to be about 1,300 Chinese restaurants in Britain employing more than 20,000 Hong Kong workers, the majority of whom are from the New Territories. Remittances from overseas are now an important factor in the economy of the New Territories. During 1962, for example, postal and money orders to the value of $16 million were cashed at New Territories post offices, compared with only $1,200,000 four years ago. Almost all these remittances were from Britain.
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