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during the year. The number of Chinese emigrating to Britain for employment has dropped quite considerably since the British Government tightened the regulations in this respect, but the number of dependents joining husbands working in Britain is still quite high. Emigration to Canada increased substantially.
There has been an increase in the number of aliens in Hong Kong, most of them being employed in foreign business houses. The largest group consists of citizens of the United States, number- ing 4,581 followed by 2,093 Japanese, 2,031 Portuguese, 799 Filipinos, 552 Dutch, and 525 Indonesians. At 31st December 1966 there were 14,523 alien residents registered in the Colony. During the year 48 White Russian refugees entered the Colony from China and 179 left under the sponsorship of the United Nations for settlement in other countries. At the end of the year there were still 40 of these refugees in Hong Kong awaiting placement.
Movement across the Sino-British land border at Lo Wu was considerably reduced towards the end of the year, and this was attributed to the 'Red Guard' movement on the mainland. There was no great decline, however, in the number of foreigners visiting China. About 963 people crossed over each way every day. During the year 360,631 people left Hong Kong for China while 342,424 entered the Colony.
Despite considerable reduction in movement between Hong Kong and Macau towards the end of the year, due to the disturbances in Macau, the harbour section had a busy year. Macau traffic was especially marked at weekends, on public holidays and during such events as the bull-fights. Ferry schedules are extremely tight and some difficulty has arisen in clearing passengers in the time available. Eleven hydrofoils and four steamers on the Macau run during the year carried between them 2,718,861 passengers to and from Macau. Additional vessels are planned for this run, including hovercraft, and consideration is now being given to providing extensions to the clearance facilities and additional staff for the work entailed. During the year the harbour section cleared 6,436 ocean-going ships, 19,766 native craft and 20,060 Macau ferries, and processed a total of 1,454,421 arriving and 1,452,532 departing sea passengers. There have been increased reports of attempted illegal immigration from various countries in South-East Asia and