WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979
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81 000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS EVADED
ARREST SO FAR THIS YEAR ******
ABOUT 81 000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE EVADED ARREST AND REMAINED IN HONG KONG SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO, MR. DAVIES SAID THAT UP TO OCTOBER 14, ABOUT 57 000 ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA HAD BEEN APPREHENDED THIS YEAR.
+THIS COMPARES WITH 8 200 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1978 AND
1 800 IN 1977, + HE SAID.
MR. DAVIES NOTED THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF ARRESTS SO FAR IN OCTOBER WAS 243, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 60 A DAY ON THE SEPTEMBER FIGURE.
ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION, MR. DAVIES SAID THAT UP TO OCTOBER 14, 58 288 IMMIGRANTS ENTERED HONG KONG LEGALLY FROM CHINA THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 67 495 FOR THE WHOLE OF 1978 AND 25 373 IN 1977.
THE AVERAGE RATE OF ENTRY SO FAR IN OCTOBER WAS 154 PER DAY, HE ADDED.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A TOTAL OF 486 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVED IN HONG KONG SO FAR THIS MONTH WHILE 8 046 ARRIVED IN JULY- 3 247 IN AUGUST AND 2 581 IN SEPTEMBER.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. LYDIA DUNN, MR. DAVIES SAID THE MONTHLY FIGURE OF DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS WAS 3 097 IN AUGUST 3 499 IN SEPTEMBER AND 1 139 SO FAR THIS MONTH.
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