IMMIGRATION
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Wednesday, October 16, 1974
The work of family planning is obviously vital if
our plans for improvement in standards of life are to have the..
effect intended. So too is the level of immigration. Hong
Kong's net gain by migration last year is believed to have
been over 60,000 of whom the bulk came from China either legally or illegally. Though the numbers have been brought down substantially from the high level of September last year, they remain too high, and discussion of this mutual problem with the
Chinese Government continues.
TRANSPORT
The Green Paper on Transport
A green paper was published in June setting out the Government's proposed strategy for dealing with Hong Kong's
in which transport problems. A Comprehensive Transport Study the nature of the problem will be quantified on the basis of data from wide ranging surveys is now in its final stages and is expected to produce results for policy guidance early next year. These results, together with the public's reactions to the green paper, will provide material for the preparation next year of a Transport White Paper. This will give firm indications on how the Government intends to cope with Hong
Kong's transport needs over the years ahead.
The Mass Transit Railway
The green paper envisaged that a major role should be played by a Mass Transit Railway. Your Government still holds to this view, provided agreement can be reached on the basis
of the
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